- Taxon
- Weed
Classification
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Tecomaria capensis (Thunb.) Spach, Hist. Nat. Vég. (Spach) 137 (1840)
Synonymy:
- ≡ Bignonia capensis Thunb., Prodr. Pl. Cap. 105 (1800)
- ≡ Tecoma capensis (Thunb.) Lindl., Bot. Reg. 13, pl. 1117 (1828)
Vernacular Name(s):
Cape honeysuckle; Fire flower
Description
Semi-erect shrub, tending to ramble, to c. 4 m high. Lvs glabrous, with 7–9 shortly petiolulate or subsessile leaflets. Leaflets 1.5–3 × 1.2–2 cm, ovate to broadly elliptic, glabrous, serrate; base cuneate, often obliquely so; apex acute, the terminal leaflet acuminate. Racemes usually many-flowered, puberulent; bracts linear-subulate, < pedicels. Calyx 3–6 mm long, puberulent; teeth acute, short. Corolla c. 5 cm long, orange-red, deep yellow inside tube; tube gradually curved and widening to the 2-lipped, obliquely positioned limb; lobes elliptic, ciliolate; upper lip emarginate. Style exserted. Capsule to 6 × 5 cm, slightly wider in upper 1/2.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
Phenology
Flowering: Jan.–Dec.
Bibliography
Howell, C. 2008: Consolidated list of environmental weeds in New Zealand. DOC Research & Development Series 292: 42.
Ker-Gawler, J.B. 1827–1828: Botanical Register; Consisting of Coloured Figures of Exotic Plants Cultivated in British Gardens; accompanied by their History, best Method of Treatment in Cultivation, Propagation. Vol. 13. London.
Spach, E. 1840: Histoire Naturelle des Végétaux. Phanérogames. Edition 9.
Thunberg, C.P. 1794–1800: Prodromus Plantarum Capensium, quas in Promontorio Bonae Spei Africes, annis 1772-1775, collegit Carol. Pet. Thunberg. Edman, Uppsala.
Wilcox, M.D. 2012: Auckland's Remarkable Urban Forest. Auckland Botanical Society Bulletin 29: [1]–[348].
