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Thunbergia coccinea

Seedling (wild), Auckland Zoo.<br>Photographer: Peter J de Lange, Date taken: 26/12/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Seedling, naturalised at Auckland Zoo. Dec 2006.<br>Photographer: Peter J de Lange, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Adult foliage. Auckland. Jan 2007.<br>Photographer: Peter J de Lange, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Growing through Coprosma robusta. Auckland. Mar 2007.<br>Photographer: Peter J de Lange, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Auckland. Mar 2007.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>.

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Common names

Scarlet clock vine

Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Structural class

Lianes & Related Trailing Plants - Dicotyledons

Flower colours

Red/Pink, Yellow

Habitat

Very uncommon casual weed of the Auckland region - mainly spreading vegetatively but seedlings have recently been found at the Auckland Zoological Gardens

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Thunbergia

Family

Acanthaceae

Authority

Thunbergia coccinea Wall.

Endemic family

Ecology

Flowering

December - March

Year naturalised

1995

Reason for introduction

Ornamental

Tolerances

Cold sensitive

Life cycle and dispersal

Long-lived perennial vine reproduces by seed and vegetative spread; seed rarely set in New Zealand but is long-lived.

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