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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Maples, Mangos, Mahogany, Citrus, and Allies
  6. Citrus Family
  7. Zanthoxyloideae
  8. Mexican Orange Blossoms

genus

Mexican Orange Blossoms

Choisya

Traits
Includes
2 native 1 introduced
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Mexican Orange introduced
  • Mexican Starleaf Orange native
  • Choisya × dewitteana
  • Arizona Starleaf Orange native
  • Santa Cruz Starleaf Orange

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Shrubs
Plant type
Perennial Shrub

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native mexican orange blossoms All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Mexican Starleaf Orange Choisya dumosa caterpillars 1
  • Arizona Starleaf Orange Choisya arizonica

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