Tropaeolum tricolor Sweet

Species

Angiosperms > Brassicales > Tropaeolaceae > Tropaeolum

Characteristics

A trailing or climbing plant. It has tuberous roots. These are often oval and irregular. It grows 2 m high and spreads 2 m wide. The stems are very slender. The leaves are small and green or blue-green. They have lobes like fingers on a hand. There are 5-7 lobes. The flowers are in clusters. They are cone shaped and hang down. The tips of the spurs are black. The petals are short and cream or yellow. The flowers are 3 cm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.05 - 1.25
Mature height (meter) 1.5 - 1.75
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A subtropical plant. It will grow in most soils and positons. It is tender to frost and drought. It suits hardiness zones 8-11.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

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

Cultivation

It canbe grown from seed.
Mode seedlings tubers
Germination duration (days) 10 - 15
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Flower

Tropaeolum tricolor flower picture by Alarcón Carime (cc-by-sa)
Tropaeolum tricolor flower picture by Piña Alvaro (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Tropaeolum tricolor world distribution map, present in Chile

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:311519-2
WFO ID wfo-0000459759
COL ID 7CVLB
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Trophaeum jarattii Trophaeum tricolor Tropaeolum subincrassatum Trophaeum incrassatum Chymocarpus jarrattii Tropaeolum dicolorum Tropaeolum elegans Tropaeolum jarrattii Tropaeolum incrassatum Tropaeolum tricolor Chymocarpus tricolor Tropaeolum tricolor var. aurantiacum Tropaeolum tricolor var. grandiflorum Tropaeolum tricolor var. majus Tropaeolum tricolor var. regnelianum Tropaeolum tricolor var. schultzii Tropaeolum tricolor var. pallescens Tropaeolum tricolor var. venustum Tropaeolum tricolor var. splendens Tropaeolum tricolor var. versicolor Trophaeum elegans Tropaeolum tricolor var. splendens