Hummingbird Flowers and Plants
Hummingbirds (Family Trochilidae) are attracted to brightly colored, generally tubular flowers that contain abundant nectar. Red is their favorite flower color (pink and orange flowers are also favored), and many red-flowered American wildflowers depend on hummingbirds for pollination.
There are eighteen different species of hummingbirds found here in southeastern Arizona, and while some species are quite common, others are only rare visitors from Mexico.
Listed below are some of the southeastern Arizona plants and wildflowers that attract hummingbirds. Many of these plants make good additions to hummingbird gardens and are commercially available in native plant nurseries, either as plants or as wildflower seeds.
- Agave palmeri – Palmer's Century Plant
- Anisacanthus thurberi – Thurber's Desert Honeysuckle
- Aquilegia chrysantha – Golden Columbine
- Arctostaphylos pungens – Pointleaf Manzanita
- Bouvardia ternifolia – Firecrackerbush
- Calliandra eriophylla – Fairyduster
- Castilleja exserta – Exserted Indian Paintbrush
- Castilleja lanata – Sierra Woolly Indian Paintbrush
- Chilopsis linearis – Desert Willow
- Cirsium arizonicum – Arizona Thistle
- Epilobium canum ssp. latifolium – Hummingbird Trumpet
- Erythrina flabelliformis – Coralbean
- Fouquieria splendens – Ocotillo
- Ipomoea cristulata – Trans-Pecos Morning-glory
- Justicia californica – Beloperone
- Nicotiana glauca – Tree Tobacco
- Penstemon barbatus – Beardlip Penstemon
- Penstemon eatonii – Firecracker Penstemon
- Penstemon palmeri – Palmer's Penstemon
- Penstemon parryi – Parry's Beardtongue
- Penstemon pseudospectabilis – Desert Penstemon
- Penstemon subulatus – Hackberry Beardtongue
- Stachys coccinea – Scarlet Hedgenettle
