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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bignonia capreolata   FAMILY Bignoniaceae   Go to FSUS key



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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Anisostichus crucigera

 

COMMON NAME:
Crossvine


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image of Bignonia capreolata, Crossvine

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_anca21_001_lvd

        

image of Bignonia capreolata, Crossvine

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_bica_003_lvd

        

image of Bignonia capreolata, Crossvine

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 (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Bignonia capreolata, Crossvine

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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Bignonia capreolata, Crossvine

JK Marlow    jkm210309_8907

March    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

A distinctive, high-climbing woody vine, usually evergreen or at least semi-evergreen in NC, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Bignonia capreolata, Crossvine

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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Bignonia capreolata, Crossvine

JK Marlow    jkm0504g_18

April    Greenville County    SC

Jones Gap State Park

Leaves lanceolate to ovate (wider below middle) w entire margins & distinctive ear-lobed bases, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Bignonia capreolata, Crossvine

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 (Spira, 2011).

image of Bignonia capreolata, Crossvine

JK Marlow    jkm0504p_08

April    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

image of Bignonia capreolata, Crossvine

JK Marlow    jkm160417_391

April    Coffee County    GA

Broxton Rocks Preserve

image of Bignonia capreolata, Crossvine

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_bignonia_capreolata

April        

image of Bignonia capreolata, Crossvine

Paul Thompson    pstbignonia_capreolata

April?        

Leaves are compound, having two leaflets and a branched tendril between them. — Clemson Extension

image of Bignonia capreolata, Crossvine

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmbcapreolata_columbia1

April-May?    Richland County    SC

image of Bignonia capreolata, Crossvine

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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE Crossvine, Trumpet Creeper and Yellow Jessamine

image of Bignonia capreolata, Crossvine

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 (Spira, 2011).

image of Bignonia capreolata, Crossvine

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 (Spira, 2011).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Anisostichus crucigera

 

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Woody vine
Perennial

Habitat: swamp forests, bottomlands, forests, woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in Mountains of GA & SC) (rare in Mountains of NC)

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LEAVES:
Often semi-evergreen
Pinnately compound, highly modified to 2 basal leaflets & a terminal tendril
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Red-orange, with yellow or red within
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed campanulate calyx
5-lobed trumpet-shaped corolla
4 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule

 

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