Tropicos | Name - Tropaeolum peregrinum L.

Tropaeolum peregrinum L.

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

Species	Tropaeolum peregrinum L.
PlaceOfPublication	Sp. PI. 345. 1753.
Synonym	Tropaeolum aduncum Sm. in Rees, Cyclopedia 38. Trop. nr. 5. 1819. Tropaeolum "canariense" hort, nomen ined.
Description	High-climbing annual vine, normally glabrous, but pilose forms sometimes found. Leaves 3-7-lobed, green or somewhat glaucous especially below, 3-7 cm long, 3.5-8 cm broad, the lobes entire or lobulate, acute or rarely obtuse, sometimes mucronate, lanceolate or obovate; petioles 1-11 cm long. Flowers axillary, but often forming pseudo-racemes (rarely branched); peduncles longer than petioles; calyx with lobes of different form, the inferior two lobes broadly lanceolate, obtuse, 4 by 10 mm, the superior three lobes shorter, 4 by 6 mm, sub- acute, yellowish or greenish like the basal part of the spur; spur short, 8-10 mm long, stout, ending in a dark green or brownish hook; petals yellow, often purple-spotted along the nerves near the base, the superior petals large, 15-20 mm long, 12-17 mm broad, ovovate and long-unguiculate, the blade lobed, the lobes lanceolate, obtuse, not mucronate, the claw recurved or rarely straight with a big acute tooth at the bending, inferior petals almost elaminate, long- clawed, 8-10 mm long, with long purple ciliae. Fruitingl carpels 10-14 mm long, dark brown or blackish; carpophore short.
Habit	vine
Distribution	originating from Peru and commonly cultivated around the world, it often escapes from cultivation.