Rubiaceae
Firecrackerbush
Bouvardia ternifolia
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Bouvardia
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 寒丁子, 火焰寒丁子
- English
- Firecrackerbush
Synonyms
- Bouvardia angustifolia Kunth
- Bouvardia coccinea (Andrews) Link
- Bouvardia elegans Bosse
- Bouvardia endlichii Loes.
- Bouvardia fruticosa Sessé & Moc.
- Bouvardia glaberrima Engelm.
- Bouvardia hirtella Kunth
- Bouvardia hirtella var. quaternifolia (DC.) Rothr.
- Bouvardia houtteana Schltdl.
- Bouvardia hypoleuca Benth.
- Bouvardia jacquinii Kunth
- Bouvardia jacquinii var. exogyna DC.
- Bouvardia jacquinii var. ovata DC.
- Bouvardia linearis Kunth
- Bouvardia microphylla Schltdl.
- Bouvardia orizabensis Standl.
- Bouvardia ovata A.Gray
- Bouvardia quaternifolia DC.
- Bouvardia scabrida M.Martens & Galeotti
- Bouvardia splendens Graham
- Bouvardia tenuiflora Schltdl.
- Bouvardia ternifolia var. angustifolia (Kunth) B.L.Rob.
- Bouvardia tolucana Hook. & Arn.
- Bouvardia triphylla Salisb.
- Bouvardia triphylla var. angustifolia (Kunth) A.Gray
- Bouvardia triphylla var. splendens (Graham) Lindl.
- Bouvardia viperalis Schltdl.
- Carphalea pubiflora Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
- Houstonia coccinea Andrews
- Ixora americana Jacq.
- Ixora ternifolia Cav.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gustavo Antonio Carpintero Rojas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Oeropium, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Scott Zona from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Ken Bosma from Green Valley, Arizona, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Stickpen, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Kelvinsong, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Froylán Jardines, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.