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Chinese Trumpet Creeper
Campsis grandiflora
ノウゼンカズラ
A deciduous woody climber native to China. In summer, it produces numerous large trumpet-shaped orange-red flowers. It clings to supports and walls using aerial roots, and has long been cultivated as a garden plant in Japan.
Identification Points
- ✓Orange-red trumpet-shaped flowers (6–8 cm across) bloom in summer
- ✓Odd-pinnate compound leaves with ovate, serrate leaflets
- ✓Climbs by clinging with aerial roots
Habitat
Gardens, fences, and stone walls
Season
July–August (flowers)
Morphological TraitsAI-estimated, needs verification
Growth form
Vine
Evergreen/Deciduous
Deciduous
Leaf type
Compound
Leaf margin
Serrate
Flower color
Orange
Petal count
Many
Petal fusion
Fused
Stipules
Absent
Ovary position
Superior
Plant sex
Hermaphrodite
Stamen count
5
Phylogenetic Positionノウゼンカズラ科 →
Phylogenetic Position
Angiosperms > Eudicots > Core eudicots > Lamiales > Bignoniaceae
Divergence Era
Paleogene to Neogene (ca. 50 Ma onwards)
Evolution Notes
Bignoniaceae belongs to Lamiales; coevolution between large tubular flowers and nectar-feeding birds and large insects is characteristic.
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