Stats

Lifespan: Perennial
Size: Large
Diet: Photosynthetic
Biome: Temperate forest
Range: North America
Movement: Climbing
Breeding: Seeds
Defense: Toxins
Status: Common

About

A vigorous woody vine native to eastern North America that clings to surfaces with aerial rootlets and produces clusters of bold orange-red trumpet-shaped flowers up to 3 inches long. Its brilliant blooms are a magnet for hummingbirds, and an established plant can extend new growth by 10 feet or more in a single season.

Life cycle

1.
seed
A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2.
sprout
A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3.
sapling
A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4.
mature
Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Bignoniaceae
Genus: Campsis
Species: Campsis radicans