Cosmos is native to scrub and meadowland in Mexico where most of the species occur, as well as the United States, as far north as the Olympic Pennsula in Washington, Central America, and to South America as far south as Paraguay.
波斯菊原产墨西哥灌丛草甸,在美国(北至华盛顿州)、中美洲、南美洲(南至巴拉圭)等地也有分布。
The flowers are produced in a capitulum with a ring of broad ray florets and a center of disc florets; flower color is very variable between the different species. The genus includes several ornamental plants popular in gardens.
波斯菊的花朵呈放射状,中心花盘显著,花色多变。
Cuphea hyssopifolia (false heather, Mexican heather, Hawaiian heather or elfin herb) is a small evergreen shrub native to Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras.
满天星原产墨西哥、危地马拉和洪都拉斯等地。
It grows to about 60 cm high by 90 cm wide and has purple, lavender or white colored flowers and fine foliage.
满天星一般高度为60厘米,花色为紫色、淡紫色或白色。
Angelonia is a genus of about 30 species which occur from Mexico to Argentina and is classified in the Plantaginaceae.
车前草科香彩雀属植物大约有30个不同的品种,主要分布于美洲地区,南至墨西哥,北至阿根廷。
The flowers of Angelonia are highly specialized in regarding to the pollination, because they have hairs in the inner corolla, which produces oils collected by the oil bee pollinator.