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Accession Data:

Russelia equisetiformis Schlecht. & Cham.

  • Common Name: Firecracker Plant
  • Family: Plantaginaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Mexico

  • USDA Zone: 9b-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200500007
  • Source: Barnard College - cuttings
  • Accession Date: 01-26-2005
  • Bench: 1319 - NEOA: South Bench W
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 3 confirmed on 04-10-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Lamiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Plantaginaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe: Russelieae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006

References (internal):

  • Bird Pollination (ornithophily)
  • Pollination Syndrome Scavenger Hunt
  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, March 06, 2018.
  2. Russelia equisetiformis at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Tuesday, March 06, 2018.

data regenerated on Wed, 16 Apr 2025 11:45:07 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Russelia equisetiformis

Additional images for this accession:

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Current Accessions in the Plantaginaceae

  • Plantago major

Subfamily
Tribe Antirrhineae

  • Antirrhininae: Cymbalaria muralis 'Globosa'

Subfamily
Tribe Callitricheae

  • Hippuris vulgaris

Subfamily
Tribe Gratioleae

  • Gratiola aurea W/C

Subfamily
Tribe Russelieae

  • Russelia equisetiformis
  • Tetranema roseum

Subfamily
Tribe Veroniceae

  • Hebe buxifolia
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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