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Galphimia glauca

COMMON NAME

Golden Thryallis, Goldshower

TYPE

​Shrub

FAMILY

Malpighiaceae

NOTES

This compact, upright, rounded, evergreen shrub is covered during most of the year with small, very showy, yellow flowers.  Young stems are usually reddish in color.

GEOGRAPHIC REGION

Mexico to Guatemala in Central America

NATIVE HABITAT

Grows in deciduous forests, pine forests, pine-oak forests, grasslands, brushy slopes, dry rocky hillsides and along roadsides

WEB SOURCES

louistheplantgeek.com



Galphimia glauca