(Last Modified On 5/24/2013)
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(Last Modified On 5/24/2013)
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Species
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Tropaeolum majus L.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Sp. P1. 345. 1753.
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Description
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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.
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Note
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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.
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Common
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Capuchina espuela del gelan
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