Common Name
Family
ACANTHACEAE
Select
Bushes
Spanish Name
Añilillo , Cola de gallo
- Nectaries in bracts provide food to ants, which protect the plant against herbivores.
- Pollinated by short billed territorial hummingbirds but various insects and other birds with bills not adapted for its flowers have mechanisms to steal nectar.
- Ornamental for outdoor gardens and ecological restoration
- Seeds are dispersed ballistically. PROPAGATION: Seeds in March