Distictis buccinatoria (DC.) A.H.Gentry

Vigorous liane, with ± angular shoots.  Tendrils filiform.  Petioles to c. 4 cm long, hairy;  petiolules < or > petiole, hairy. Lamina 4–8–(10) × 3–5–(6) cm, ovate-oblong, minutely scaly, densely so beneath when young, hairy on midrib or nearly glabrous beneath, coriaceous, shining above;  base subcordate or, less commonly, truncate;  apex obtuse or apiculate.  Fls in terminal racemes;  peduncles and pedicels hairy or tomentose.  Calyx 1.2–1.7 cm long, 5-toothed, tomentose;  margin reddish. Corolla 9–11 cm long, tubular-funnelform, tomentose, reddish orange outside at first, becoming rose, ± orange within;  narrow basal part c.  2.5 cm long;  lobes 2–2.5 × 2–2.5 cm, usually emarginate, becoming deep rose or rosy crimson, tomentose outside.  Stamens included;  filaments hairy towards base.  Style 7–8 cm long.  Capsule not formed.  

[From:  Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

Flowering: Nov.–Feb.