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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Campsis radicans
FAMILY
Bignoniaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Campsis radicans
FAMILY
Bignoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 167-02-001:
Campsis radicans FAMILY Bignoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Bignonia radicans
COMMON NAME:
Trumpetcreeper, Trumpet Vine, Cow-Itch Vine
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_bira2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service pnd_cara2_004_lhd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_cara2_009_lvd
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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970 swus_page_343
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JK Marlow jkm090221_045
February Richland County SC
Congaree National Park
The capsule is fusiform [a long narrow ellipse with pointed ends], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_campsis_radicans
April
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_053121atlanta14
May Fulton County GA
Blue Heron Nature Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm090628_003
June Mecklenburg County NC
The four stamens are included [they don't project beyond the corolla], per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm100611_057
June Stanly County NC
Morrow Mountain State Park
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JK Marlow jkm120626_289
June Greenville County SC
Calyx 5-parted, firm, tubular-campanulate; calyx teeth lanceolate, 4-5mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm190614_9176
June Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow s040627_a
June Greenville County SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
Leaves pinnately compound. Leaflets ovate, coarsely serrate, sharply pointed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
leaves of Peppervine, Trumpet-creeper and Wisteria
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JK Marlow jkm0307b_15
July Greenville County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm0307i_27
July Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0407a_35
July Greenville County SC
Roadside
Flowers trumpet-shaped, corolla slightly 2-lipped with 5 flared lobes, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
COMPARE
Crossvine, Trumpet Creeper and Yellow Jessamine
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JK Marlow jkm080729_083
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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Bobbie L Holt blh243_a
August Anderson County SC
Roadside
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JK Marlow s070830_f
August SC
Clemson Forest
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JK Marlow jkm190905_1371
September Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Reaching up for something to climb on...
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JK Marlow jkm190905_1372
September Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm190905_1373
September Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
Climbs using aerial rootlets or sprawls across the ground, per www.illinoiswildflowers.info.
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Paul Thompson pstcampsis_radicans
September?
Leaves are pinnately compound; leaflets are ovate. — Clemson Extension
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JK Marlow jkm071020_021
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm151218_812
December McCormick County SC
Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm151218_815
December McCormick County SC
Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District
Fruit a plump, elongate capsule filled with winged seed, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
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JK Marlow jkm151218_823
December McCormick County SC
Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District
Seeds flat with two papery wings, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm151218_826
December McCormick County SC
Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Campsis radicans
FAMILY
Bignoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Campsis radicans
FAMILY
Bignoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 167-02-001:
Campsis radicans
FAMILY
Bignoniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Bignonia radicans
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Woody vine
Perennial
Habitat: Bottomland forests, swamp forests, fencerows, old fields, forests, thickets, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 7-15 leaflets
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Red-orange
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-merous
5-parted tubular-campanulate calyx
5-lobed funnelform corolla
4 fertile stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
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 (Miller & Miller, 2005) p270
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p221
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p393
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p523
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p259
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p133
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p124
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p328
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops (Murdy & Carter, 2000) p26
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p130
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p230
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p129
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p253
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p297
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p05
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p276
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p082
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p161
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p259
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