- Select
- Bushes
- Spanish Name
- Añilillo , Cola de gallo
- Family
- ACANTHACEAE
- Nectaries in bracts provide food to ants, which protect the plant against herbivores.
- Pollinated by short billed territorial hummingbirds but various insects and other birds with bills not adapted for its flowers have mechanisms to steal nectar.
- Ornamental for outdoor gardens and ecological restoration
- Seeds are dispersed ballistically.
PROPAGATION: Seeds in March
Written by neighbors in the community guide. Last edited May 28, 2025.Open in Notion