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Xylonagra arborea is a sparsely branched, drought-adapted shrub from the Baja California Peninsula, known for bright red flowers that attract hummingbirds. It is the only species in its genus and needs a hot, dry, sunny spot with very little water.
Xylonagra arborea is a flowering plant endemic to the western side of the Baja California Peninsula. It is a bushy shrub distinguished by showy, scarlet flowers that are attractive to hummingbirds. It is the sole species in the genus Xylonagra, which belongs to the family Onagraceae.
This genus is endemic to the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico. The autonymous subspecies, Xylonagra arborea ssp. arborea, is restricted to Cedros Island off of the coast of the Baja California Peninsula. Subspecies wigginsii is uncommonly distributed from Punta Prieta in southern Baja California state to San Ignacio and the Vizcaino Peninsula of northwestern Baja California Sur. Subspecies wigginsii is also very rarely found on Cedros Island with subspecies arborea.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Xylonagra by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
