Plants · La Saladita, Guerrero
Pyramid Flower
Melochia pyramidata
Spanish: Escobilla
Pyramid Flower (Melochia pyramidata) is a plant recorded near La Saladita, Guerrero, Mexico, with 15 research-grade iNaturalist observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones).
TaxonomyMagnoliopsida › Malvales › Malvaceae
Local records15 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)
Global records5,468 on iNaturalist
Most recent records2022 – 2025
Months of the 8 most recent records
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Recent local sightings
- 2025-07-16 — observation by vicente47506
- 2025-07-16 — observation by olgajudith
- 2025-07-16 — observation by fercho13947
- 2025-01-04 — observation by zihuadean
- 2023-04-29 — observation by daniel_brito
- 2022-12-22 — observation by zihuadean
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Cite as: “Pyramid Flower (Melochia pyramidata) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/melochia-pyramidata/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.