Ruellia macrophylla inflorescence with scarlet flowers and yellow markings at the throat openings

Ruellia macrophylla

Ruellia macrophylla is a shrub native from southeastern Mexico to Venezuela and parts of the Caribbean. It has broad, opposite leaves with pointed tips and slightly wavy margins. Branched flower clusters arise from the leaf axils, bearing scarlet tubular flowers with five spreading lobes and protruding stamens. The flowers are followed by club-shaped capsules. It grows in moist forests and occurs below 3,000 feet in Colombia. Photographed in Sierra de Nevada Santa Marta, Colombia.

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A Ruellia macrophylla inflorescence with scarlet flowers

Close-up of a red Ruellia macrophylla flower with narrow petals and a long floral tube, blooming against broad green leaves

Ruellia macrophylla flower with red petals and a curved style extending beyond the bloom among green foliage

Bright red Ruellia macrophylla flowers and rose-colored filaments