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Cobaea scandens

Botanic Family

Polemoniaceae

Author

Cavanilles

Common Names

• Cup and Saucer Vine
• Mexican Ivy
• Monastery Bells
• Violet Ivy
• Purple-bell Climber
• Cathedral Bells
• Flor de Campana (Mexico)
• Jedra Morada (Mexico)
• Campanula (Costa Rica)
• Funeraria (Ecuador)

Geographical Habitats

• N. Chile
• Vera Cruz - Mexico
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Disturbed areas
• riverside
• forest edge

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct Summer to Autumn May-Oct (Mexico)

Fruiting Times

• May
• Aug
• Oct

Glabrous evergreen semi-woody perennial multi-branched tendril vine to 9m with pubescent stems, hook-shaped tendrils. Mucronate glabrous pinnate leaves in 2-3 pairs, leaflets to 130mm x 60mm. Inflorescence with 2 pinnate bracts, 70mm fragrant green becoming purple flowers, mucronate calyx lobes to 35mm x 30mm, corolla to 60mm x 50mm. Oval capsule to 85mm long. Variegated leaved forms are known, mucronate ciliated leaflets

Further References

• E & M 1970
• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Herklots 1976
• van der Spuy 1976
• Beckett 1990
• Huxley 1992
• Nicholls 1995
• P & R 1997
• Mobot
• FONZ
• RHS A-Z
• Neotrop
• Bodkin
• The Plant List 2
• G. Don
• Botanicus
• Fedde
• FOPE
• Standley
• Mendoza