Beauty Of Nature - Flower Of Caesalpinia Gilliesii Stock Image

Caesalpinia gilliesii, commonly called bird-of-paradise, is an evergreen semi-deciduous to deciduous in the northern parts of its growing range shrub or small tree in the pea family that typically grows to 10’ tall but occasionally rises to as much as 15’. It is native to subtropical areas of Argentina and Uruguay, but is now widely grown in tropical and warm temperate regions around the world for its attractive yellow flowers with bright red stamens which bloom in summer in upright open racemes on branches clad with fern-like bipinnate compound green leaves.