Firecracker bush

Bouvardia ternifolia

''Bouvardia ternifolia'', the firecracker bush, is a shrub widespread across much of Mexico, the range extending south into Honduras and north into the southwestern United States .
Red bell flowers  Bouvardia ternifolia,Firecracker bush,Geotagged,Mexico,Summer

Appearance

''Bouvardia ternifolia'' is a shrub up to 120 cm tall. It has dark green, narrowly egg-shaped leaves. Flowers are speculacular: long, tubular, bright scarlet, up to 10 cm long, in clusters at the ends of the branches. Hummingbirds frequently imbibe the nectar from the blooms.

''Bouvardia ternifolia'' is widely cultivated as an ornamental because of its showy flowers.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderGentianales
FamilyRubiaceae
GenusBouvardia
SpeciesB. ternifolia
Photographed in
Mexico