Bignoniaceae
Yellow trumpetbush
Tecoma stans
- Family
- Bignoniaceae
- Genus
- Tecoma
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- تيكوما
- English
- Yellow trumpetbush, Arizona yellow bells, Ginger-thomas, Yellow elder, Yellow trumpet bush, Yellow trumpet flower
- Russian
- Текома прямая
- Tamil
- சுவர்ணப்பட்டி, சொர்ணப்பட்டி, தங்க அரளி
Synonyms
- Bignonia stans L.
- Gelseminum stans (L.) Kuntze
- Stenolobium stans (L.) Seem.
- Tecoma molle Kunth
Flowers
- In flower
- March to January (from 2,478 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Russell Pfau, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Luc Wyn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Lynn Harper, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andrea Villarreal Rodríguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Filo gèn', CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bethany Harrison, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Filo gèn', CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bruno - Yolande Zanette, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Filo gèn', CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Carlos Lozano-Flores, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.