Mountain Rocktrumpet
Mandevilla brachysiphon
Family: Apocynaceae
Small mostly evergreen shrub or ground cover to 2’ tall spreading about as wide. Aromatic, white flowers in summer.
Part sun to bright shade, moderate water with good drainage, hardiness not known, probably about mid 20s °F.
Larval food plant for the Milkweed Tussock Moth (Euchaetes egle). Hummingbirds and other nectar feeders use flowers. Probably moth pollinated.
Photo by Sue Carnahan, SEINET
Mandevilla brachysiphon on iNaturalist
There are 179 species of Mandevilla native to the Southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America. The genus name Mandevilla was awarded by John Lindley, a botanist, in memory of Henri Mandeville (1773-1861), one of his fellow British gardening enthusiasts who was a diplomat in Buenos Aires (Argentina). The species name, brachysiphon, means short-tube. Formerly known by other latin names, more recently Macrosiphonia brachysiphon.
Found on rocky slopes and on the plains in the desert grasslands; 3,500-6,000 ft. in southern New Mexico, southeastern Arizona; south into northern Mexico.