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Mexican Gem

Echeveria elegans
Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans
4 Cultivars/Varieties

Mexican Ghost Plant

Echeveria elegans
Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans
4 Cultivars/Varieties

Mexican Giant Cigar Plant

Cuphea micropetala
Form, late fall, Wake Co. NC Form, late fall, Wake Co. NC Cuphea micropetala Cuphea micropetala Cuphea micropetala Cuphea micropetala Cuphea micropetala Cuphea micropetala Flowers, late fall, Wake Co. NC Flowers, late fall, Wake Co. NC Flowers, late fall, Wake Co. NC Flowers, late fall, Wake Co. NC

Mexican Giant Hyssop

Agastache rupestris
Form Form Form Form With Female Broad-tailed Hummingbird With Female Broad-tailed Hummingbird inflorescence inflorescence Flower Flower Flower close up Flower close up

Mexican Green Tomato

Physalis philadelphica
Fruit and Leaves Fruit and Leaves Form Form Ripe purple fruit bursts out of the papery husk. Ripe purple fruit bursts out of the papery husk. A husk formed around the fruit. A husk formed around the fruit. Fruit Fruit Alternate, simple leaves Alternate, simple leaves
5 Cultivars/Varieties

Mexican Hat

Ratibida columnifera
Inflorescence with red-brown ray florets & yellow disk florets. Inflorescence with red-brown ray florets & yellow disk florets. Inflorescence with yellow ray florets & yellow disk florets. Inflorescence with yellow ray florets & yellow disk florets. daisy-like flower with reddish "petals" and an elongate "eye" daisy-like flower with reddish "petals" and an elongate "eye" Inflorescence with yellow ray florets & dark disk florets Inflorescence with yellow ray florets & dark disk florets flowers growing in prairie. Inflorescence disk elongate. flowers growing in prairie. Inflorescence disk elongate.

Mexican Hat Plant

Kalanchoe daigremontiana
potted plant with succulent leaves. Leaf edges bearing plants. potted plant with succulent leaves. Leaf edges bearing plants. Succulent leaves with tiny plantlets borne on the margins. Succulent leaves with tiny plantlets borne on the margins. Clusters of red, pendent, tubular flowers. Clusters of red, pendent, tubular flowers.
1 Cultivar/Variety

Mexican Heather

Cuphea hyssopifolia
Flower and leaves Flower and leaves Flowers Flowers Form Form Flowers Flowers Form Form Form Form
3 Cultivars/Varieties

Mexican Hens and Chicks

Echeveria elegans
Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans
4 Cultivars/Varieties

Mexican Husk Tomato

Physalis philadelphica
Fruit and Leaves Fruit and Leaves Form Form Ripe purple fruit bursts out of the papery husk. Ripe purple fruit bursts out of the papery husk. A husk formed around the fruit. A husk formed around the fruit. Fruit Fruit Alternate, simple leaves Alternate, simple leaves
5 Cultivars/Varieties

Mexican Hyssop

Agastache rupestris
Form Form Form Form With Female Broad-tailed Hummingbird With Female Broad-tailed Hummingbird inflorescence inflorescence Flower Flower Flower close up Flower close up

Mexican Lily

Beschorneria yuccoides
Beschorneria yuccoides Beschorneria yuccoides Beschorneria yuccoides Beschorneria yuccoides Beschorneria yuccoides Beschorneria yuccoides Form Form Beschorneria yuccoides Beschorneria yuccoides Beschorneria yuccoides Beschorneria yuccoides

Mexican Lime

Citrus x aurantiifolia
Citrus flowers with white petals and yellow anthers. Citrus flowers with white petals and yellow anthers. Blossom - March - NC Blossom - March - NC Green limes cut in half. Seeds are present. Green limes cut in half. Seeds are present. Green limes with yellowish blotches on the skin Green limes with yellowish blotches on the skin Tree grown as a bonsai Tree grown as a bonsai

Mexican Marigold

Tagetes erecta
Photo of Tagetes erecta Photo of Tagetes erecta Checkered skipper on a flower Checkered skipper on a flower Tagetes-erecta Tagetes-erecta Tagetes-erecta Tagetes-erecta Tagetes-erecta Tagetes-erecta Tagetes-erecta Tagetes-erecta
16 Cultivars/Varieties

Mexican Marigold

Tagetes lucida
Flower Flower Form Form Stems Stems Botanical Drawing Botanical Drawing Form Form Leaf Leaf

Mexican Mint

Plectranthus amboinicus
Green fuzzy foliage Green fuzzy foliage Purplish trumpet-shaped flowers Purplish trumpet-shaped flowers Growing in a pot Growing in a pot Closeupof the green leaves Closeupof the green leaves Green leaves with white margins Green leaves with white margins

Mexican Mint Marigold

Tagetes lucida
Flower Flower Form Form Stems Stems Botanical Drawing Botanical Drawing Form Form Leaf Leaf

Mexican Mock Orange

Choisya x dewitteana 'Aztec Pearl'
Flowers - Mid-April - Warren Co., NC Flowers - Mid-April - Warren Co., NC Leaves & Flowers - April 9 - Wake Co., NC Leaves & Flowers - April 9 - Wake Co., NC Choisya x dewitteana 'Aztec Pearl' Choisya x dewitteana 'Aztec Pearl' Buds & New Leaves - Early Spring - Wake Co., NC Buds & New Leaves - Early Spring - Wake Co., NC Choisya x dewitteana 'Aztec Pearl' Choisya x dewitteana 'Aztec Pearl' Simple, five-petaled white flowers Simple, five-petaled white flowers

Mexican Mock Orange

Choisya ternata
leaves and flowers leaves and flowers leaves and flowers leaves and flowers leaves and flowers leaves and flowers leaves and flowers leaves and flowers leaves and flowers leaves and flowers Flower and leaves Flower and leaves
1 Cultivar/Variety

Mexican Morning Glory

Ipomoea coccinea
Form in September in Orange County, North Carolina Form in September in Orange County, North Carolina Flower and leaf in September in Hale County, Alabama Flower and leaf in September in Hale County, Alabama Seedpods in September in Forsyth County, Georgia Seedpods in September in Forsyth County, Georgia

Mexican Orange

Choisya x dewitteana 'Aztec Pearl'
Flowers - Mid-April - Warren Co., NC Flowers - Mid-April - Warren Co., NC Leaves & Flowers - April 9 - Wake Co., NC Leaves & Flowers - April 9 - Wake Co., NC Choisya x dewitteana 'Aztec Pearl' Choisya x dewitteana 'Aztec Pearl' Buds & New Leaves - Early Spring - Wake Co., NC Buds & New Leaves - Early Spring - Wake Co., NC Choisya x dewitteana 'Aztec Pearl' Choisya x dewitteana 'Aztec Pearl' Simple, five-petaled white flowers Simple, five-petaled white flowers

Mexican Orange

Choisya ternata
leaves and flowers leaves and flowers leaves and flowers leaves and flowers leaves and flowers leaves and flowers leaves and flowers leaves and flowers leaves and flowers leaves and flowers Flower and leaves Flower and leaves
1 Cultivar/Variety

Mexican Orange 'Aztec Pearl'

Choisya x dewitteana 'Aztec Pearl'
Flowers - Mid-April - Warren Co., NC Flowers - Mid-April - Warren Co., NC Leaves & Flowers - April 9 - Wake Co., NC Leaves & Flowers - April 9 - Wake Co., NC Choisya x dewitteana 'Aztec Pearl' Choisya x dewitteana 'Aztec Pearl' Buds & New Leaves - Early Spring - Wake Co., NC Buds & New Leaves - Early Spring - Wake Co., NC Choisya x dewitteana 'Aztec Pearl' Choisya x dewitteana 'Aztec Pearl' Simple, five-petaled white flowers Simple, five-petaled white flowers

Mexican Orange Blossom

Choisya ternata
leaves and flowers leaves and flowers leaves and flowers leaves and flowers leaves and flowers leaves and flowers leaves and flowers leaves and flowers leaves and flowers leaves and flowers Flower and leaves Flower and leaves
1 Cultivar/Variety

Mexican Orange Blossom

Choisya x dewitteana 'Aztec Pearl'
Flowers - Mid-April - Warren Co., NC Flowers - Mid-April - Warren Co., NC Leaves & Flowers - April 9 - Wake Co., NC Leaves & Flowers - April 9 - Wake Co., NC Choisya x dewitteana 'Aztec Pearl' Choisya x dewitteana 'Aztec Pearl' Buds & New Leaves - Early Spring - Wake Co., NC Buds & New Leaves - Early Spring - Wake Co., NC Choisya x dewitteana 'Aztec Pearl' Choisya x dewitteana 'Aztec Pearl' Simple, five-petaled white flowers Simple, five-petaled white flowers

Mexican Petunia

Ruellia simplex
Ruellia simplex Ruellia simplex Ruellia simplex Ruellia simplex Ruellia simplex Ruellia simplex Ruellia simplex 'Purple Showers' form Ruellia simplex 'Purple Showers' form ruellia simplex 'Purple Showers' flower ruellia simplex 'Purple Showers' flower Ruellia simplex 'Purple Showers' leaves Ruellia simplex 'Purple Showers' leaves
3 Cultivars/Varieties

Mexican Pricklepoppy

Argemone mexicana
Argemone mexicana Argemone mexicana Argemone mexicana Argemone mexicana Argemone mexicana Argemone mexicana Argemone mexicana Argemone mexicana Argemone mexicana Argemone mexicana Argemone mexicana Argemone mexicana

Mexican Prickly Poppy

Argemone mexicana
Argemone mexicana Argemone mexicana Argemone mexicana Argemone mexicana Argemone mexicana Argemone mexicana Argemone mexicana Argemone mexicana Argemone mexicana Argemone mexicana Argemone mexicana Argemone mexicana

Mexican Redbud

Cercis canadensis subsp. mexicana
Cercis canadensis var. mexicana Cercis canadensis var. mexicana Cercis canadensis var. mexicana Cercis canadensis var. mexicana Cercis canadensis var. mexicana Cercis canadensis var. mexicana Cercis canadensis var. mexicana Cercis canadensis var. mexicana Cercis canadensis var. mexicana Cercis canadensis var. mexicana

Mexican Rosettes

Echeveria
Form Form Echeveria 'Victor Reiter' Echeveria 'Victor Reiter' Echeveria Derenbergii Echeveria Derenbergii Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Multicaulis Echeveria Multicaulis Echeveria Runyonii Echeveria Runyonii
14 Cultivars/Varieties

Mexican Shell Flowers

Tigridia
Tigridia Tigridia Tigridia pavonia Tigridia pavonia Tigridia pavonia Tigridia pavonia Tigridia pavonia Tigridia pavonia Tigridia pavonia Tigridia pavonia Tigridia pavonia Tigridia pavonia
1 Cultivar/Variety

Mexican Shrubby Spurge

Euphorbia cotinifolia
Euphorbia cotinifolia form Euphorbia cotinifolia form Euphorbia cotinifolia flowers Euphorbia cotinifolia flowers Euphorbia cotinifolia leaves flowers Euphorbia cotinifolia leaves flowers Euphorbia cotinifolia bark Euphorbia cotinifolia bark
2 Cultivars/Varieties

Mexican Skullcap

Scutellaria suffrutescens
Scutellaria suffrutescens Scutellaria suffrutescens Scutellaria suffrutescens Scutellaria suffrutescens
1 Cultivar/Variety

Mexican Snow Ball

Echeveria elegans
Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans
4 Cultivars/Varieties

Mexican Snowballs

Echeveria
Form Form Echeveria 'Victor Reiter' Echeveria 'Victor Reiter' Echeveria Derenbergii Echeveria Derenbergii Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Elegans Echeveria Multicaulis Echeveria Multicaulis Echeveria Runyonii Echeveria Runyonii
14 Cultivars/Varieties

Mexican Soap Plant

Agave americana
form form Long flowerstak with flowers with the sky in the background Long flowerstak with flowers with the sky in the background Leaves with yellow edges Leaves with yellow edges Agave americana Agave americana Flower cluster branches along a stalk with sky for backdrop Flower cluster branches along a stalk with sky for backdrop Closeup of orange spines along the leaf edge Closeup of orange spines along the leaf edge
2 Cultivars/Varieties

Mexican Star

Ipheion uniflorum
'Jesse' has six dark blue fpetals 'Jesse' has six dark blue fpetals 'Jesse' Six dark blue tepals with yellow anthers 'Jesse' Six dark blue tepals with yellow anthers Low growing mat with blue flowers Low growing mat with blue flowers Pinkish flowers with 6 petals Pinkish flowers with 6 petals 'Alberto Castillo' white flowers - April 6 - Wake Co., NC 'Alberto Castillo' white flowers - April 6 - Wake Co., NC 6 petaled flower 6 petaled flower
4 Cultivars/Varieties

Mexican Sunflower

Tithonia rotundifolia
Form in bloom Form in bloom Flower with Monarch in the summer in Moore County Flower with Monarch in the summer in Moore County flower in summer in Moore County flower in summer in Moore County Leaves in summer in Moore County Leaves in summer in Moore County Flower detail Flower detail Flower Close-up (Johnston, NC) Flower Close-up (Johnston, NC)

Mexican Swamp Cypress

Taxodium distichum var. mexicanum
Enormous, thick-trunk tree in a town plaza. Enormous, thick-trunk tree in a town plaza. Needled foliage & globose seed cones Needled foliage & globose seed cones Needled foliage & dangling pollen cones. Needled foliage & dangling pollen cones. A large, narrow conifer in a garden setting. A large, narrow conifer in a garden setting.

Mexican Tarragon

Tagetes lucida
Flower Flower Form Form Stems Stems Botanical Drawing Botanical Drawing Form Form Leaf Leaf

Mexican Tea

Dysphania ambrosioides
Chenopodium ambrosioides Chenopodium ambrosioides Chenopodium ambrosioides Chenopodium ambrosioides leaves leaves leaves leaves form form flowers flowers

Mexican Thistle

Argemone mexicana
Argemone mexicana Argemone mexicana Argemone mexicana Argemone mexicana Argemone mexicana Argemone mexicana Argemone mexicana Argemone mexicana Argemone mexicana Argemone mexicana Argemone mexicana Argemone mexicana

Mexican Twist

Lophospermum erubescens
1 Cultivar/Variety

Mexican Zinnia

Zinnia angustifolia
Flower close up Flower close up Flower close up Flower close up Mass planting Mass planting 'Canary Bird' leaves in lower part of picture 'Canary Bird' leaves in lower part of picture 'Pette Land White' 'Pette Land White' 'Pette Land White' 'Pette Land White'
9 Cultivars/Varieties

Mexican Zinnia

Zinnia haageana
Zinnia haageana Zinnia haageana Zinnia haageana Zinnia haageana Zinnia haageana Zinnia haageana Zinnia haageana 'Aztec Burgundy Bicolor' Zinnia haageana 'Aztec Burgundy Bicolor' Zinnia haageana 'Aztec Burgundy Bicolor' Zinnia haageana 'Aztec Burgundy Bicolor' Zinnia haageana 'Aztec Burgundy Bicolor' Zinnia haageana 'Aztec Burgundy Bicolor'
7 Cultivars/Varieties

Meyer Lemon

Citrus x limon 'Meyer'
Citrus x limon 'Meyer' Citrus x limon 'Meyer' Citrus x limon 'Meyer' Citrus x limon 'Meyer' Flower buds Flower buds Bee "sleeping" near flower in the evening Bee "sleeping" near flower in the evening Leaves Leaves Ripening fruits Ripening fruits

Meyer Lilac

Syringa pubescens subsp. pubescens
Syringa meyeri Syringa meyeri Pinkish tubular flowers in a panicle. Pinkish tubular flowers in a panicle. Flower and Leaves Close-up Flower and Leaves Close-up Flower Form Flower Form Form Form Leaves Leaves
3 Cultivars/Varieties

Mezereon

Daphne mezereum
Daphne mezereum Daphne mezereum Daphne mezereum-cultivated Daphne mezereum-cultivated Daphne mezereum flowers Daphne mezereum flowers Daphne mezereum fruit Daphne mezereum fruit