Campsis radicans

This article is about the North American plant commonly called trumpet vine. For the South American plant commonly called orange trumpet vine, see Pyrostegia venusta.

Trumpet vine

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Bignoniaceae
Genus: Campsis
Species:
C. radicans
Binomial name
Campsis radicans
(L.) Bureau (1864)[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Bignonia radicans L. (1753)
  • Tecoma radicans (L.) Juss.
  • Gelseminum radicans (L.) Kuntze
  • Bignonia florida Salisb.
  • Bignonia coccinea Steud.
  • Campsis curtisii Seem.

Campsis radicans, the trumpet vine,[4] yellow trumpet vine,[5] or trumpet creeper[4] (also known in North America as cow-itch vine[6] or hummingbird vine[7]), is a species of flowering plant in the trumpet vine family Bignoniaceae, native to eastern North America, and naturalized elsewhere. Growing to 10 metres (33 feet), it is a vigorous, deciduous woody vine, notable for its showy trumpet-shaped flowers. It inhabits woodlands and riverbanks, and is also a popular garden plant.

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  2. ^ Campsis radicans (L.) Bureau. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
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  4. ^ a b "Campsis radicans". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
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  6. ^ John Tveten; Gloria Tveten (5 July 2010). Wildflowers of Houston and Southeast Texas. University of Texas Press. p. 184. ISBN 978-0-292-78687-5.
  7. ^ Dale Mayer (12 November 2010). The Complete Guide to Companion Planting: Everything You Need to Know to Make Your Garden Successful. Atlantic Publishing Company. p. 246. ISBN 978-1-60138-345-7.