Vesalea floribunda, also known as Mexican abelia, is a species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family, Caprifoliaceae. It is a shrub native to southern Mexico, ranging from central Veracruz to northern Oaxaca and southeastern Chiapas.
Growing to tall and broad, it is a semi-evergreen or evergreen shrub with shiny ovate leaves and clusters of tubular cerise flowers to long. The flowers bloom year-round (in the wild) except in the spring. It fruits (produces a seed pod) year-round (in the wild) except May and June.
Its natural habitat is mixed pine and oak forests and on rocky outcrops at elevation.
Two varieties are accepted. Vesalea floribunda var. floribunda (synonyms Abelia hirsuta and Abelia speciosa ) – central Veracruz to northern Oaxaca and southeastern Chiapas Vesalea floribunda var. foliacea – southeastern Chiapas
Though hardy down to , it prefers a sheltered location, for instance against a south-facing stone wall.
It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
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