Tropaeolum peregrinum

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Brassicales

Familia: Tropaeolaceae
Genus: Tropaeolum
Sectio: T. sect. Tropaeolum
Species: Tropaeolum peregrinum
Varietates: T. p. var. peregrinum – T. p. var. weberbaueri
Name

Tropaeolum peregrinum L. (1753)
Synonyms

Homotypic
Trophaeum peregrinum (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 97. 1891.

References

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 345.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Tropaeolum peregrinum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names
English: canary creeper, canarybird flower, canarybird vine, canary nasturtium
suomi: Kanarianköynnöskrassi, kanariankrassi
Nederlands: Kanariekers
svenska: Fjärilskrasse

Tropaeolum peregrinum, the canary-creeper,[1] canarybird flower, canarybird vine, or canary nasturtium, is a species of Tropaeolum native to western South America in Peru and possibly also Ecuador.[2][3]

Close-up of flowers

It is a climbing plant growing to 2.5 m high by scrambling over other vegetation. The leaves are 2–5 cm diameter, palmately lobed with three to seven (mostly five) lobes; they are subpeltate, with the petiole attached within the leaf (not at the edge), though near the edge. The flowers are 2–4 cm diameter, with five frilled petals, bright pale yellow (canary-coloured, hence the English name), often with red spots at the base of the petals, eight stamens, and a 12 mm nectar spur at the rear.[3]

It is a frost-tender perennial widely grown as an annual[4] ornamental plant in cool temperate parts of the world.
References

BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
"Tropaeolum peregrinum". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 21 January 2018.
Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.
"Tropaeolum peregrinum". Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.