English: Chilean glory-flower; Chilean glory creeper.
Region: Chile.
Habitat: forest edges, roadsides, waste areas; abundant sun, drain well.
Culture: a weed in New Zealand, due to rapid growth and many seeds, covering smaller plants and trees
Source:
Sense provings.
BotanyVine, climbing shrub; many branched; perennial; woody base; evergreen or deciduous in colder climates.
Leaves: oval, thin; pinnate, pinnate; structured veins; alternating; light green; mostly glaborous, or small fine hairs.
Flowers: tubular; petals rounding back at the tip; bright orange-red outer rings with a red centre; tendrils hook onto surroundings; flowering from September to May.
Fruit: glossy; oval wrinkled capsule.
Seeds: black with a prominent wing with wind dispersal.