A Mandevilla subsagittata flower has five bright yellow lobes around a narrow throat

Mandevilla subsagittata


Native from Mexico through Central America to tropical South America, this climbing subshrub belongs to the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. It grows mainly in seasonally dry tropical habitats. Its flowers have a slender tube opening into five spreading yellow lobes, with reddish coloring in the throat. The leaves occur in opposite pairs on climbing stems. Photographed in Colombia.


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