Morning glory or perhaps sweet potato in the Veracruz lowlands, 30 Sep 2026 (photo by Kate St. John)

11 October 2026

Though birds were our focus on the WINGS birding tour in Veracruz, Mexico I found some flowers to catch my interest. I can only vaguely identify most of them, so if you have a more accurate identification please leave a comment to let me know.

At top, Google Lens says this pretty flower is a water morning glory (Ipomoea acquatica) but it was not growing in water in the Veracruz lowlands. Maybe it’s a sweet potato? Was it in a kitchen garden? I don’t remember.

Below, this sure looks like pearly everlasting (Anaphalis sp).

Pearly everlasting in the Veracruz highlands, 3 Oct 2026 (photo by Kate St. John)

Google Lens says this is tornleaf goldeneye (Bahiopsis laciniata) in San Diego County, California. But the photo was taken in Veracruz Mexico highlands. Perhaps something very like what Google Lens thinks it is.

Tornleaf goldeneye — or something very like it — in the Veracruz highlands, 3 Oct 2026 (photo by Kate St. John)

This one came up as white pricklypoppy (Argemone albiflora). I found it in a desert part of the Veracruz highlands near Xalapa.

White prickly poppy in the Veracruz highlands, 4 Oct 2026 (photo by Kate St. John)

“Purple nightshade” is a good description of this flower found in the Veracruz highlands. Google Lens suggests “giant potato tree” but this was not giant, so maybe it was just a potato.

Purple nightshade, maybe silverleaf nightshade, maybe a potato flower, Veracruz highlands, 5 Oct 2026 (photo by Kate St. John)

This flower is incidental background to a photo of a shiny true bug on the lower petal.

Flower like tornleaf goldeneye with a shiny “true bug” on the petal, Veracruz highlands, 3 Oct 2026 (photo by Kate St. John)

Let me know the true identity of these flowers and I will correct the blog. Thanks in advance.