Tropicos | Name - Tropaeolum majus L.

Tropaeolum majus L.

Flora Data (Last Modified On 5/24/2013)

Species	Tropaeolum majus L.
PlaceOfPublication	Sp. P1. 345. 1753.
Description	Climbing or prostrate annual vine, often stout or almost fleshy, normally glabrous. Leaves rarely somewhat pubescent at base; petioles to 15-20 cm long; laminae large, to 10 by 10 cm or more, suborbicular, peltate with 7-11 unforked principal nerves, the margin entire or undulate, the apex in adult leaves not mucronate. Flowers single; peduncles of the same length as the petioles or shorter; calyx lobes lanceolate, acute, 15-18 mm long, basally 8-9 mm broad, the superior lobes somewhat smaller, like the spur often yellowish green or green; spur stout, inflated in the lower half, darker apically, slightly curved, 25-35 mm long; superior petals cuneate, somewhat undulate, emucronate, 30-40 mm long, inferior petals unguiculate, ciliate, the blade 15-20 by 15-20 mm, the claw 12-15 mm long, nerves and maculation from light lemon to blackish purple. Fruiting carpels to 10 mm long, fleshy, with rugose ribs.
Note	This species is cultivated and sometimes escapes. It is probably of hybrid origin, and is not known in the wild. It was brought to Europe from Peru in 1684.
Common	Capuchina espuela del gelan