Campsis radicans

Trumpet vine

Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific 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)
Synonyms
  • 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, yellow trumpet vine, or trumpet creeper (also known in North America as cow itch vine or hummingbird vine), 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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