Scientific Name:
Lophospermum erubescens
Pronunciation:
loe-foe-sper-mum er-yoo-BESS-kens
Common Name:
creeping gloxinia
Family Name:
Plantaginaceae
Plant Type:
Annual (grown as), Vine or climber
Key ID Features:
Leaves pubescent with petioles up to 6.5cm long that wrap around structures to climb, blades triangular to heart-shaped, most 5-10(-15)cm long by about 6cm wide, margins toothed (each one may have a few smaller sharply pointed teeth); flowers with five petals, forming a tube about 5-6cm long; fruit a round capsule.
Habit:
Upright
Form:
Climbing
Texture:
Medium - coarse
Mature Height:
2 - 3m
Mature Spread:
0.3 - 0.6m
Growth Rate:
Fast
Origin:
Mexico
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 11: (above 4 °C)
Exposure:
Full sun
Soil/Growing Medium:
Well-drained
Water Use:
Moderate
Landscape Uses:
Bedding plant, Container planting, Summer interest
Additional Info:
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Simple
Arrangement:
Alternate
Texture/Venation:
Soft flexible, Heavily veined, Palmate venation
Surfaces:
Pubescent
Shapes:
Deltoid, Ovate
Apices:
Acute
Bases:
Cordate
Margins:
Dentate
Inflorescence Type:
Flowers solitary, Floriferous
Flower Morphology:
Flowers perfect
Number Of Petals:
5
Corolla Shape:
Funnelform
Ovary Position:
Superior
Colour (petals):
Showy, White, Purple, Pink, Red
Flower Scent:
None
Flower Time at Peak:
May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep
Additional Info:
'Great Cascade Wine Red' has wine red flowers
Fruit Type:
Capsule
Fruit Colour:
Green, Brown
Fruiting Time:
Aug, Sep, Oct
Additional Info:
round
Bark or Stem Colour:
Organ Modifications:
Fibrous-like roots, Tendrils, Twining petioles and eventually a woody caudex forms (a swollen, bulb-like structure at the base of the stem)
Propagation:
Seed, Softwood cuttings
Pest Susceptibility:
(Pest resistant, Disease resistant)
