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Tropaeolum speciosum

Botanic Family

Tropaeolaceae

Author

Poeppig & Endlicher

Propagation

D.S.

Common Names

• Flame Nasturtium
• Scottish Flame Flower
• Chilean Flame Creeper

Geographical Habitats

• Chile

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

• Summer to Autumn Jan
• Mar

Fruiting Times

Perennial herb trailing or climbing with coiling petioles with 30mm red flowers with blue fruits to 7mm dia.

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• van der Spuy 1976
• Huxley 1992
• FONZ
• RHS A-Z
• Mobot
• Bodkin