This guide gathers the 44 kinds of beach and dune plants recorded within about 25 km of the village, most of them on iNaturalist. Growth form, habitat and native status come from CONABIO (Enciclovida), Kew (WCVP) and regional floras. Tap a photo for the species page.
In flower in
Plants on this page usually seen in flower this month, from iNaturalist records in Mexico.
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Know before you touch
These plants on this page are poisonous or harmful. Each one links to its warnings in the medicinal plants guide.
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How many flower each month
Number of species on this page seen in flower each month (33 with enough records). Red bar: this month.
44 species
Every species
Months in flower (January to December), from iNaturalist records in MexicoMedicinal documented usesEdible documented food uses⚠ poisonous or harmful
Beach and dunes (44)
Each species appears once, under the first habitat the sources record for it. Photos are from iNaturalist under their licenses.
Photo credits (43, iNaturalist)
- Bay-leaved caper (Cynophalla flexuosa): marumg, CC-BY-NC-SA
- Beach Morning Glory (Ipomoea pes-caprae): viridelao, CC-BY-NC
- Beach morning-glory (Ipomoea imperati): pcarreyes, CC-BY-NC
- Beach naupaka (Scaevola taccada): viridelao, CC-BY-NC
- Burrowing four-o’clock (Okenia hypogaea): ekdelval, CC-BY-NC
- Crateva tapia (Crateva tapia): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Fence Post Tree (Gliricidia sepium): antonio_perez2, CC-BY-NC
- Gumbo Limbo (Bursera simaruba): alex_nava_hernandez, CC-BY-NC
- Hairbrush Cactus (Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum): vicente47506, CC-BY-NC
- Hairy indigo (Indigofera hirsuta): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Hairy Wedelia (Wedelia acapulcensis): victor0001, CC-BY
- Indian Heliotrope (Heliotropium indicum): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Lipsticktree (Bixa orellana): uriostegui, CC-BY-NC
- Madagascar Periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus): viridelao, CC-BY-NC
- Papaya (Carica papaya): louisthe1st, CC-BY-NC
- Passiflora hibiscifolia (Passiflora hibiscifolia): mora17918, CC-BY-NC
- Pectis multiflosculosa (Pectis multiflosculosa): jose_javier_bf, CC-BY
- Pink Trumpet Tree (Tabebuia rosea): isa_moguel, CC-BY-NC
- Rock Rosemary (Distimake quinquefolius): deneb16, CC-BY-NC
- Scarlet Cordia (Cordia sebestena): ainadanirak, CC-BY-NC
- Scorpion's-tail (Heliotropium angiospermum): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Sea Grape (Coccoloba uvifera): deneb16, CC-BY-NC
- Sea Purslane (Sesuvium portulacastrum): taniaortega, CC-BY-NC
- Sleepy Morning (Waltheria indica): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Snake Berry (Crossopetalum uragoga): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Triangle cactus (Acanthocereus tetragonus): antonio_perez2, CC-BY-NC
- Tridax Daisy (Tridax procumbens): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Tropical speedwell (Evolvulus alsinoides): thomas_hartt, CC-BY-NC
- Twin-flowered cassia (Senna pallida): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Water Dead-and-Awake (Neptunia plena): daniel_brito, CC-BY-NC
- White manjack (Cordia dentata): viridelao, CC-BY-NC
- Whitemouth dayflower (Commelina erecta): mora17918, CC-BY-NC
- Zinnia maritima (Zinnia maritima): deneb16, CC-BY-NC
- Calabash Tree (Crescentia cujete): ana_ozomahtli, CC-BY-NC
- Manchineel (Hippomane mancinella): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Attalea guacuyule (Attalea guacuyule): cesaryaelmurillo, CC-BY-NC
- Bursera grandifolia (Bursera grandifolia): karlos_osorio, CC-BY-NC
- Casearia corymbosa (Casearia corymbosa): vicsteinmann, CC-BY-NC
- Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera): viridelao, CC-BY-NC
- Cocoplum (Chrysobalanus icaco): alisonbabb, CC-BY-NC
- Lycianthes lenta (Lycianthes lenta): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Rat Apple (Morisonia americana): jareth_sanguino, CC-BY-NC
- Sea Hibiscus (Hibiscus tiliaceus): pnvg_apffhg, CC-BY-NC