Tropaeolum majus L., Sp. Pl. 345. 1753.
Fig. 156. A-I
Herbaceous vine, scandent or creeping, attainig 2-3 m in length. Stems cylindrical, glabrous, fleshy. Leaves alternate, ascendent, simple, more or less circular, peltate, 5-8 cm in diameter, ...more ↓
Tropaeolum majus L., Sp. Pl. 345. 1753.
Fig. 156. A-I
Herbaceous vine, scandent or creeping, attainig 2-3 m in length. Stems cylindrical, glabrous, fleshy. Leaves alternate, ascendent, simple, more or less circular, peltate, 5-8 cm in diameter, membranaceous, glabrous; upper surface dark green, dull, with the venation light; lower surface pale green; petioles glabrous, 5.5-15(25) cm long. Flowers solitary, axillary, ascendent; pedicels glabrous, as long as or longer than the petioles. Calyx yellow or pale orange, the sepals unequal, ovate, oblong, 2-2.3 cm long, the spur straight or slightly curved, up to 3 cm long; petals orange or red, obovate, longunguiculate, 3-4 cm long, three of them longciliate on the margin adjacent to the claw; anthers lanceolate, the filaments slender, unequal; ovary trilobate, glabrous. Fruit tricoccal, ca. 10 mm long.
Phenology: Collected in flower in February.
Status: Exotic, cultivated as an ornamental and naturalized, although not very common.
Selected Specimens Examined: Acevedo-Rdgz., P. 10201.
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Vines and Climbing plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
