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Tropaeolum smithii

Botanic Family

Tropaeolaceae

Author

de Candolle

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Tropical S. America Bolivia
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Cloud forest
• grassland
• streamside

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

Herbaceous vine or prostrate herb with peltate-nerved palmate 5-lobed leaves. Orange-red flowers or orange-yellow with fine red lines, lobed & fringed, spur twice as long as corolla, calyx & spur scarlet, spur to 18mm x 2mm with green tip. orange petals with red veins

Further References

• Huxley 1992
• Mobot
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• FOPE