Habitat: coast, gully, lava, margin, shaded, sheltered

Dispersal: Seed

Distribution from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium. CC-BY 3.0 AU
Distribution from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium. CC-BY 3.0 AU
 Recognition
  • a perennial herbaceous plant with hairy stems and climbing by slender, twining petioles.
  • its leaves are up to 7.5 cm long, hairy, and strongly toothed on the margins.
  • its flowers are solitary and in the leaf axils, and the corolla is about 7 cm long and pink.
  • its capsule is globose and about 1.5 cm across and the seeds have a broad wing.
 Images
Image: Jonathan Boow © Jonathan Boow
Image: Jonathan Boow © Jonathan Boow
Image: Jonathan Boow © Jonathan Boow
Image: Jonathan Boow © Jonathan Boow
Image: Jonathan Boow © Jonathan Boow
Image: Jonathan Boow © Jonathan Boow
Weeds Key – interactive key to the weed species of New Zealand
 References
Biosecurity New Zealand 2012: Regional Pest Management Strategies Database. http://www.biosecurityperformance.maf.govt.nz/
Howell, C. 2008: Consolidated list of environmental weeds in New Zealand. DOC Research & Development Series 292: 42.