Vesalea floribunda, also known as Mexican abelia,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family, Caprifoliaceae. It is a shrub native to southern Mexico, ranging from central Veracruz to northern Oaxaca and southeastern Chiapas.[1]
| Vesalea floribunda | |
|---|---|
.jpg)
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Dipsacales |
| Family: | Caprifoliaceae |
| Genus: | Vesalea |
| Species: | V. floribunda
|
| Binomial name | |
| Vesalea floribunda | |
| Varieties[1] | |
| |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Growing to 4 m (13 ft) tall and broad, it is a semi-evergreen or evergreen shrub with shiny ovate leaves and clusters of tubular cerise flowers to 5 cm (2.0 in) long. The flowers bloom year-round (in the wild) except in the spring. It fruits (produces a seed pod) year-round (in the wild) except May and June.
Its natural habitat is mixed pine and oak forests and on rocky outcrops at 2,000 to 3,000 m (6,600 to 9,800 ft) elevation.[2]
Two varieties are accepted.[1]
- Vesalea floribunda var. floribunda (synonyms Abelia hirsuta (M.Martens & Galeotti) Walp. and Abelia speciosa Decne.) – central Veracruz to northern Oaxaca and southeastern Chiapas
- Vesalea floribunda var. foliacea (Villarreal) Landrein – southeastern Chiapas
Though hardy down to −10 °C (14 °F), it prefers a sheltered location, for instance against a south-facing stone wall.[2]
It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3][4]
.jpg)
.jpg)
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Vesalea floribunda M.Martens & Galeotti". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
- ^ a b c "Vesalea floribunda - Trees and Shrubs Online". treesandshrubsonline.org. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
- ^ "Vesalea floribunda". www.rhs.org. RHS. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- ^ "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). www.rhs.org. Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 107. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
 | This Dipsacales article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |