Lophospermum erubescens D.Don

Mexican twist (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Plantaginaceae > Lophospermum

Characteristics

Perennial herb. Stems hairy, climbing by twining petioles. Petioles to 3 cm long, slender, hairy. Lamina 5-7.5 × 5-7.5 cm, triangular-ovate, hairy, strongly dentate with mucronate teeth and a small basal lobe on each side; base cordate; apex slender, acute. Pedicels > petioles. Calyx c. 2 cm long, hairy, especially on lobes; lobes lanceolate or narrow-ovate, mucronate, c. 3/4 length of tube. Corolla c. 7 cm long; lobes deep pink; throat paler; tube slightly swollen at base, with longitudinal hairy bands inside and hairy ring above base; lobes rounded, somewhat 2-lipped. Lower stamens c. = corolla tube. Capsule c. 1.5 cm diam., globose. Seeds covered with finger-like reticulate appendages; wing broad, fimbriate, lacerate.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Mature height (meter) 1.5 - 2.5
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity -
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Soil acidity 2-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 11-12

Usage

Uses environmental use
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

Leaf

Lophospermum erubescens leaf picture by Augustin Soulard (cc-by-sa)
Lophospermum erubescens leaf picture by Patrick Mussard (cc-by-sa)
Lophospermum erubescens leaf picture by Hugo SANTACREU (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Lophospermum erubescens flower picture by Augustin Soulard (cc-by-sa)
Lophospermum erubescens flower picture by Patrick Mussard (cc-by-sa)
Lophospermum erubescens flower picture by François Khoon yam (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Lophospermum erubescens world distribution map, present in Australia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Madagascar, Mexico, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, Papua New Guinea, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Réunion, El Salvador, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:279831-2
WFO ID wfo-0000446356
COL ID 3W4F4
BDTFX ID 103182
INPN ID 656755
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Synonyms

Maurandya erubescens Asarina erubescens Besleria scandens Maurandya scandens var. erubescens Maurandya scandens var. spectabilis Lophospermum erubescens