Author: |
Carl Linnaeus, 1753
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Family: |
BIGNONIACEAE |
Origin: |
South-Eastern
North America |
Soil: |
Peat |
Water:
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Medium |
Sun: |
Medium |
Thickness: |
30
Centimetres |
Height: |
17
Meters |
Flower:
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Orange / Yellow |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Rhizome |
Names:
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Cross-Vine,
Tangerine Beauty |
Synonyms: |
Doxantha capreolata Miers,
1853.
Anisostichus
capreolata,
Anisostichus crucigera.
Bignonia capreolata var. atrosanguinea, Hook.f.
Bignonia capreolata f. lutea, Heineke. |
This member of the Bignoniaceae family was
described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. It is found in the south-eastern part of
North America, growing in the forests'
rich soil, with some water and little to lots of sun. The tubers will
grow to 30 centimetres in diameter, the vines up to 17 meters. The
flowers are dark orange out-side, yellow in-side. It can be reproduced
both by seeds and tubers.
The genera name after
Abbé J. P. Bigon, librarian to Louis XIV. The species name means
'having tendrils'.
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