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Bull Blood Spigelia (Hierba Del Burro)

Spigelia longiflora

Description:

Cluster of red flowers. Plant about 30 cm tall (one feet).

1 Species ID Suggestions

joanbstanley
joanbstanley 11 years ago
Bull Blood Spigelia Hierba Del Burro
Spigelia longiflora


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7 Comments

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Thank you and your friend for the ID and the link. I really appreciate it.

joanbstanley
joanbstanley 11 years ago

A friend helped me track this down. Bull Blood Spigelia. (Spigelia longiflora) Http//www.backyardnature.net/q/spigelia.htm.

joanbstanley
joanbstanley 11 years ago

I love your pictures. The flowers and leaves remind me of Indian Pink which is a Spigela in the family Loganiacea. Yours might be related.

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Thank you jprat001

jprat001
jprat001 11 years ago

this one is really cool. thanks for sharing!

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Thank you Dan Doucette. I'm really surprised myself, there were several of them in the area but I had never seen them before.

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 11 years ago

WOW! This is wild Luis! I love it. Never seen anything like it.

LuisStevens
Spotted by
LuisStevens

San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Spotted on Jul 24, 2012
Submitted on Jul 25, 2012

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