Cross Vine
Bignonia capreolata
Bignoniaceae
Other names
Quarter Vine, Trumpet Flower
Growth habit
Vine, Climber
Perennation
Long-lived perennial
Native distribution
Mid-West to Southeast US
Source of plant
Seneca Hill Perennials
Description
An evergreen vine, climbing by tendrils to 20m, glabrous. Leaves opposite, jugate; leaflets 5-10cm, often only one pair, with trifid tendril or scar, oblong-lanceolate, semi-rigid, apex acuminate, obtuse, base cordate, entire. Inflorescence cymose, axillary, 2-5 flowered, pedicillate, or flowers solitary; calyx campanulate, 5-lobed; corolla flared, 4-5cm, deep orange to scarlet, limb bilabiate, trumpet shaped; stamens didynamous, villous at base, included, anthers glabrous; ovules 1-3 seriate; ovary sessile or shortly stalked. Fruit a capsule, linear, flattened, 15cm; seeds elliptic, winged.
USDA Hardiness Zone
6