Biology:Tropaeolum peregrinum

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Short description: Species of flowering plant in the family Tropaeolaceae

Tropaeolum peregrinum
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Tropaeolaceae
Genus: Tropaeolum
Species:
T. peregrinum
Binomial name
Tropaeolum peregrinum

Tropaeolum peregrinum, the canary-creeper,[1] canarybird flower, canarybird vine, or canary nasturtium, is a species of Tropaeolum native to western South America in Peru and possibly also Ecuador.[2][3]

Description

Close-up of flowers

It is a climbing plant growing to 2.5 m high by scrambling over other vegetation. The leaves are 2–5 cm diameter, palmately lobed with three to seven (mostly five) lobes; they are subpeltate, with the petiole attached within the leaf (not at the edge), though near the edge.

The flowers are 2–4 cm diameter, with five frilled petals, bright pale yellow (canary-coloured, hence the English name), often with red spots at the base of the petals, eight stamens, and a 12 mm nectar spur at the rear.[3]

Cultivation

It is a frost-tender perennial widely grown as an annual[4] ornamental plant in cool temperate parts of the world.

References

  1. (xls) BSBI List 2007, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, https://bsbi.org/download/3542/, retrieved 2014-10-17 
  2. {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Tropaeolum peregrinum | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = 21 January 2018 }}
  3. 3.0 3.1 Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan ISBN:0-333-47494-5.
  4. "Tropaeolum peregrinum". Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/69956/i-Tropaeolum-peregrinum-i/Details. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5477895 entry