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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Bignonia capreolata
FAMILY
Bignoniaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may also want to check Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of North Carolina
Read more about Crossvine at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bignonia capreolata
FAMILY
Bignoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 167-01-001:
Anisostichus capreolata
FAMILY
Bignoniaceae
COMMON NAME:
Crossvine
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_anca21_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_bica_003_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0502a_35
February Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
Leaves compound with only 2 leaflets (appearing as 4 leaves per node), per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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JK Marlow jkm0502b_01
February Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
Leaflets elliptic to lanceolate, 2-6" long, with heart-shaped bases, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm210309_8907
March Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm0504c_21
April McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
Calyx campanulate, truncate, 6-8mm long, the lobes reduced to 5 mucronate tips, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm0504g_18
April Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
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JK Marlow jkm0504p_03
April Greenville County SC
Roadside
Fast-growing vine often occurs high in canopy where light levels are highest, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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JK Marlow jkm0504p_08
April Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm160417_391
April Coffee County GA
Broxton Rocks Preserve
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_bignonia_capreolata
April
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Paul Thompson pstbignonia_capreolata
April?
Leaves are compound, having two leaflets and a branched tendril between them. — Clemson Extension
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmbcapreolata_columbia1
April-May? Richland County SC
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Alistair Glen gwn_bignoniacapreolata
May Pender County NC
Trumpet or bell-shaped reddish or maroon corolla w 5 flaring yellow lobes, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
COMPARE
Crossvine, Trumpet Creeper and Yellow Jessamine
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JK Marlow jkm100611_050
June Stanly County NC
Morrow Mountain State Park
It climbs by its curly tendrils and the small adhesive disks at their tips, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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JK Marlow jkm140822_956
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Opposite pinnately compound lvs w just 2 leaflets & a corkscrew-like tendril, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Bignonia capreolata
FAMILY
Bignoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bignonia capreolata
FAMILY
Bignoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 167-01-001:
Anisostichus capreolata
FAMILY
Bignoniaceae
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Woody vine
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (rare in Mountains)
Look for it in swamp forests, bottomlands, forests, woodlands; also often occurs in mesic or even dry forests, where it generally remains stunted (most individuals with only a few leaves) and does not flower or fruit, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Wet
...Moist
...Variable
...Dry
LEAVES:
Often semi-evergreen
Pinnately compound, highly modified to 2 basal leaflets & a terminal tendril
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring
Red-orange, with yellow or red within
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed campanulate calyx
5-lobed trumpet-shaped corolla
4 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p268
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p101
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p221
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p044
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p302
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p124
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p328
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops p26
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p122
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p174
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p229
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p253
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p296
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p05
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p275
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p078
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p161
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p259