Tag: Costa Rica flora

Shrubby Woodsorrel

🔍 Shrubby Woodsorrel | Oxalis frutescens 🌿 📍 Peñón de Guacalillo, Puntarenas, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 Don’t let its weedy reputation fool you — Shrubby Woodsorrel thrives where almost nothing else will, bursting into vivid yellow bloom in the harshest coastal scrub conditions. Its leaves…

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Royal Poinciana

🔍 Royal Poinciana | Delonix regia 🌺 📍 Belén, Heredia, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 💬 Despite being one of the most spectacular flowering trees on the planet, the Royal Poinciana is actually considered invasive in many tropical regions — its original wild population in Madagascar is…

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