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



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


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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).


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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).


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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

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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

 

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