Yellow Trumpet Flower
Tecoma stans
Also known as: yellow bells · esperanza · tecoma · yellow elder · yellow trumpetflower · yellow trumpetbush
Plantae
COMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- Size
- Large
- Diet
- Photosynthetic
- Biome
- Tropical dry forest
- Range
- The Americas
- Movement
- Sessile
- Breeding
- Seeds
- Defense
- Toxins
- Status
- Common
About
Yellow Trumpet Flower is a common shrub native to the Americas, with a reputation for its bright, trumpet-shaped flowers. Unlike other trumpet vines, Yellow Trumpet Flower is a perennial shrub, meaning it grows back every year.
Life cycle
- 1.seedA dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
- 2.sproutA first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
- 3.saplingA young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
- 4.matureFully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Bignoniaceae
- Genus
- Tecoma
- Species
- Tecoma stans