This guide gathers the 84 kinds of herbs, grasses and small 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.
Know these first
Know before you touch
These plants on this page are poisonous or harmful. Each one links to its warnings in the medicinal plants guide.
Calendar
How many flower each month
Number of species on this page seen in flower each month (72 with enough records). Red bar: this month.
84 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 (5)
Mangrove and lagoon (1)
Rivers and wet ground (4)
Dry forest (28)
Roadsides and open ground (31)
Gardens, yards and streets (7)
Habitat not recorded (8)
Each species appears once, under the first habitat the sources record for it. Photos are from iNaturalist under their licenses.
Photo credits (83, iNaturalist)
- Air Plant (Tillandsia spp): uri_c, CC-BY-NC
- Arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea): jcgarcia, CC-BY-NC, elsewhere in Mexico
- Asian Spiderflower (Cleome viscosa): pimienta, CC-BY-NC
- Asthma Plant (Euphorbia hirta): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Banana (Musa spp): symbiiotica, CC-BY-NC
- Barkeria uniflora (Barkeria uniflora): daniel_brito, CC-BY-NC
- Barleria oenotheroides (Barleria oenotheroides): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Big caltrop (Kallstroemia maxima): gilbertoramirez, CC-BY-NC
- Browne's blechum (Ruellia blechum): symbiiotica, CC-BY-NC
- Burrowing four-o’clock (Okenia hypogaea): ekdelval, CC-BY-NC
- Cat's Claw (Martynia annua): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Catstongue (Priva lappulacea): alex_nava_hernandez, CC-BY-NC
- Clowesia dodsoniana (Clowesia dodsoniana): javiperezsoza, CC-BY-NC
- Coffee Senna (Senna occidentalis): daniel_brito, CC-BY-NC
- Common Purslane (Portulaca oleracea): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Common wild petunia (Ruellia nudiflora): daniel_brito, CC-BY-NC
- Crested anoda (Anoda cristata): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Desert horse purslane (Trianthema portulacastrum): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Desert thorn-apple (Datura discolor): jose_javier_bf, CC-BY
- Durban Crowfoot (Dactyloctenium aegyptium): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Dwarf Morning Glory (Evolvulus nummularius): thomas_hartt, CC-BY-NC
- Elegant Zinnia (Zinnia elegans): viridelao, CC-BY-NC
- Erect spiderling (Boerhavia erecta): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Evolvulus cardiophyllus (Evolvulus cardiophyllus): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- False Daisy (Eclipta prostrata): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Giant reed (Arundo donax): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Gold Medallion (Melampodium divaricatum): daniel_brito, CC-BY-NC
- Gomphrena Weed (Gomphrena serrata): soulbiol, CC-BY-NC
- Guinea Hen Weed (Petiveria alliacea): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Hairy indigo (Indigofera hirsuta): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Indian Heliotrope (Heliotropium indicum): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Little ironweed (Cyanthillium cinereum): daniel_brito, CC-BY-NC
- Low rattlebox (Crotalaria pumila): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Madagascar Periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus): viridelao, CC-BY-NC
- Marvel of Peru (Mirabilis jalapa): daniel_brito, CC-BY-NC
- Mexican Marigold (Tagetes erecta): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Mexican Primrose-willow (Ludwigia octovalvis): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Mexican Ruellia (Ruellia simplex): jesuspt, CC-BY-NC, elsewhere in Mexico
- Moses-in-the-cradle (Tradescantia spathacea): victorfkur, CC-BY-NC
- Oneleaf Senna (Senna uniflora): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Painted spurge (Euphorbia heterophylla): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Pectis multiflosculosa (Pectis multiflosculosa): jose_javier_bf, CC-BY
- Philippine spinach (Talinum fruticosum): yolirolly, CC-BY-NC
- Pigeonberry (Rivina humilis): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Purple Heart (Tradescantia pallida): froyce, CC-BY-NC
- Purple scalystem (Elytraria imbricata): uriostegui, CC-BY-NC
- Red Ginger (Alpinia purpurata): malvizouri, CC-BY-NC
- Red Sunflower (Tithonia rotundifolia): jwagner1960, CC-BY-NC
- Redberry Nightshade (Solanum campechiense): antonio_perez2, CC-BY-NC
- River sage (Salvia misella): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Santa Maria feverfew (Parthenium hysterophorus): daniel_brito, CC-BY-NC
- Scarlet spiderling (Boerhavia coccinea): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Scorpion's-tail (Heliotropium angiospermum): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Sea Purslane (Sesuvium portulacastrum): taniaortega, CC-BY-NC
- Sensitive Plant (Mimosa pudica): davidruizdominguez, CC-BY-NC
- Shrubby Woodsorrel (Oxalis frutescens): antonio_perez2, CC-BY-NC
- Shyleaf (Aeschynomene americana): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Sleepy Morning (Waltheria indica): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Spiny Spider-flower (Cleome spinosa): olivia_v, CC-BY-NC
- Spurred Catasetum (Catasetum integerrimum): eloirhdz, CC-BY-NC, elsewhere in Mexico
- Three-lobe false mallow (Malvastrum coromandelianum): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Tillandsia intermedia (Tillandsia intermedia): jose_javier_bf, CC-BY
- Tillandsia schiedeana (Tillandsia schiedeana): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Trailing Daisy (Sphagneticola trilobata): robertomartinez97, CC-BY-NC
- Tridax Daisy (Tridax procumbens): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Tropical blazingstar (Mentzelia aspera): roberto_sanchez_rodriguez, CC-BY-NC
- Tropical milkweed (Asclepias curassavica): valjala81, CC-BY-NC
- Tropical speedwell (Evolvulus alsinoides): thomas_hartt, CC-BY-NC
- Whitemouth dayflower (Commelina erecta): mora17918, CC-BY-NC
- Wide Spikenard (Mesosphaerum suaveolens): yolirolly, CC-BY-NC
- Wingpod purslane (Portulaca umbraticola): pablottorres97, CC-BY-NC
- Zinnia maritima (Zinnia maritima): deneb16, CC-BY-NC
- Golden Leather Fern (Acrostichum aureum): jordi_cobiix, CC-BY-NC-SA, elsewhere in Mexico
- Acalypha havanensis (Acalypha havanensis): marcopolo_amarillas, CC-BY-NC, elsewhere in Mexico
- Bromelia karatas (Bromelia karatas): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Lycianthes acapulcensis (Lycianthes acapulcensis): christiancarloslanda, CC-BY-NC, elsewhere in Mexico
- Monarch climbing fern (Lygodium venustum): symbiiotica, CC-BY-NC
- Physalis ampla (Physalis ampla): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Tillandsia roland-gosselinii (Tillandsia roland-gosselinii): patrickbowman, CC-BY-NC
- Licorice Weed (Scoparia dulcis): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Roadside leafbract (Malachra fasciata): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Silver fern (Pityrogramma calomelanos): bajanativa, CC-BY-NC, elsewhere in Mexico
- Oxalis sepium (Oxalis sepium): marumg, CC-BY-NC-SA