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Brazil Raintree

Brunfelsia pauciflora, Solanaceae

Sources last read 14 September 2026.

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Also called Brunfelsia, Fransiscan Rain Tree, Kiss-Me-Quick, Lady-of-the-Night, Morning, Noon and Night and Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Plant.

Brazil Raintree (Brunfelsia pauciflora), the whole plant.
Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Brazil Raintree is toxic

  • Not assessed for cats. This plant is not on the ASPCA list. That is not a finding of safety: none of the sources read for this site gives an answer either way. Treat it as unknown.
  • Not assessed for dogs. This plant is not on the ASPCA list. That is not a finding of safety: none of the sources read for this site gives an answer either way. Treat it as unknown.
  • Toxic to people. Harmful when eaten. Use gloves and protective gear when handling it. Toxic to pets (dogs); for more details and helpful contact numbers, consult the HTA guide on potentially harmful plants. RHS

What the sources say about its care

Light
Full sun
RHS · read 13 September 2026
Water
Moist but well-drained
RHS · read 13 September 2026
Humidity

No source read publishes a humidity figure for any plant on this site. What follows is general guidance for foliage plants.

ASHRAE recommends indoor relative humidity between 30% and 60% 30–60%
Penn State Extension · read 13 September 2026
Temperature

How cold this tolerates, not what it prefers. No source read for this site publishes a preferred range for a plant indoors.

H1C — 5–10°C 5–10 °C
RHS · read 13 September 2026
Soil
Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand; pH Acid or Alkaline or Neutral
RHS · read 13 September 2026
Toxic to cats
Not on the ASPCA list. That is not a finding of safety.
ASPCA · read 13 September 2026
Toxic to dogs
Not on the ASPCA list. That is not a finding of safety.
ASPCA · read 13 September 2026
Harmful to people
Harmful when eaten. Use gloves and protective gear when handling it. Toxic to pets (dogs); for more details and helpful contact numbers, consult the HTA guide on potentially harmful plants.
RHS · read 13 September 2026

Routine care

Watering
Water less while the plant is dormant.
NC State Extension · read 13 September 2026
Propagation
Softwood cuttings give the best results.
NC State Extension · read 13 September 2026
Increase from softwood cuttings.
RHS · read 13 September 2026
Pruning
Flowers form on new growth, so pruning promotes more blooms. Do any heavier pruning in fall.
NC State Extension · read 13 September 2026
Pruning is not needed.
RHS · read 13 September 2026
Pests and diseases
Under glass, mealybugs, thrips, glasshouse whitefly and glasshouse red spider mite can occur. Diseases: usually none.
RHS · read 13 September 2026

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Flowers of Brazil Raintree (Brunfelsia pauciflora).
FlowersDick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

About the plant

Brunfelsia pauciflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae, the nightshades. It is endemic to Brazil, and it is grown in cultivation. A shrubby perennial plant grown in gardens, its common names include yesterday-today-and-tomorrow, morning-noon-and-night, kiss-me-quick, and Brazil raintree.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · read 13 September 2026

Native range
Brazil (Rio de Janeiro to Santa Catarina)
World Checklist of Vascular Plants, June 2026 release, CC BY.
Kew WCVP · read 13 September 2026
Brazil South and Brazil Southeast
NC State Extension · read 13 September 2026
Brazil
RHS · read 13 September 2026
Climate
wet tropical
World Checklist of Vascular Plants, June 2026 release, CC BY.
Kew WCVP · read 13 September 2026
Growth form
shrub
World Checklist of Vascular Plants, June 2026 release, CC BY.
Kew WCVP · read 13 September 2026
Shrub; habit erect, mounding, multi-stemmed, spreading
NC State Extension · read 13 September 2026
Bushy (evergreen)
RHS · read 13 September 2026
Size
Height 36–96 in; width 48–72 in
NC State Extension · read 13 September 2026
Height 1.5-2.5 metres; spread 1-1.5 metres after 10–20 years
RHS · read 13 September 2026
Flowering
Flowers purple/lavender, white; blooms in spring, summer
NC State Extension · read 13 September 2026
Flowers purple in spring and summer; white in spring and summer
RHS · read 13 September 2026

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What this does not cover

The figures above are what published sources say, not measurements of the plant in your room. They say nothing about your pot size, your water, the season, or how far from the glass the plant stands, and those decide more than any figure here does.

Humidity has no species figure because no source read for this site publishes one, and the only temperature published for this plant is a cold floor. The simulator fills those gaps with general figures for its kind of plant, marked as general and listed on how we read sources. Where a toxicity row says the plant was not assessed, that is the absence of a finding and not a finding of safety.

If something is already wrong, the diagnosis tool asks about the soil, the window and the watering, which is where the answer usually is.