Hamelia patensJacq.

Firebush

WFO wfo-0000979110 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Hamelia patens, photographed by Center for Urban Ecology
fig. a Center for Urban Ecology, CC0 1.0 / 2022-05-17 / obs. 198692859
Hamelia patens, photographed by Center for Urban Ecology
fig. b Center for Urban Ecology, CC0 1.0 / obs. 197060470
Hamelia patens, photographed by Ricard Busquets Reverte
fig. c Ricard Busquets Reverte, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199855015
Hamelia patens, photographed by Ricard Busquets Reverte
fig. d Ricard Busquets Reverte, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 198866571
Hamelia patens, photographed by Ricard Busquets Reverte
fig. e Ricard Busquets Reverte, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 198181921
Hamelia patens, photographed by Center for Urban Ecology
fig. f Center for Urban Ecology, CC0 1.0 / obs. 195398360
Hamelia patens, photographed by Josiah Londerée
fig. g Josiah Londerée, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 193390243
Hamelia patens, photographed by Josiah Londerée
fig. h Josiah Londerée, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 193390196

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Flowering n = 862 observations

Peak flowering in Apr, from 862 community-annotated observations worldwide. This is a global aggregate, not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres, and citizen-science records cluster near cities, at weekends, and in spring. Where a species has fewer than 30 annotated records we do not draw this chart at all.

Also published as 25 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Duhamelia odorata Willd. ex Schult.
  • Duhamelia patens (Jacq.) Pers.
  • Duhamelia sphaerocarpa (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers.
  • Hamelia brachystemon Wernham
  • Hamelia brittoniana Wernham
  • Hamelia coccinea Sw.
  • Hamelia corymbosa Sessé & Moc.
  • Hamelia erecta Jacq.
  • Hamelia intermedia Urb. & Ekman
  • Hamelia lanuginosa M.Martens & Galeotti
  • Hamelia latifolia Rchb. ex DC.
  • Hamelia nodosa M.Martens & Galeotti
  • Hamelia ovata Wernham
  • Hamelia patens var. axillaroides Wernham
  • Hamelia patens var. erecta (Jacq.) DC.
  • Hamelia patens var. glabra Oerst.
  • Hamelia patens var. patens
  • Hamelia patens var. quinifolia DC.
  • Hamelia pedicellata Wernham
  • Hamelia sphaerocarpa Ruiz & Pav.
  • Hamelia suaveolens Kunth
  • Hamelia tubiflora Wernham
  • Hamelia verticillata Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
  • Hamelia viridifolia Wernham

and 1 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.