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'''''Tropaeolum peregrinum''''' ('''canary creeper''', '''canarybird flower''', '''canarybird vine''', or '''canary nasturtium''') is a species of ''[[Tropaeolum]]'' native to western [[South America]] in [[Peru]] and possibly also [[Ecuador]].<ref name=grin>Germplasm Resources Information Network: [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?401908 ''Tropaeolum peregrinum'']</ref><ref name=rhs>Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.</ref> It is a climbing plant growing to 2.5 m high by scrambling over other vegetation. The [[leaf|leaves]] are 2–5 cm diameter, palmately lobed with three to seven (mostly five) lobes; they are [[leaf shape|subpeltate]], with the [[petiole (botany)|petiole]] attached within the leaf (not at the edge), though near the edge. The [[flower]]s are 2–4 cm diameter, with five frilled petals, bright pale yellow ([[Domestic Canary|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.<ref name=rhs/> It is widely grown as an [[ornamental plant]] in many parts of the world. {{Inc| Tropaeolum peregrinum, Linn. (T. canariense, Hort.). Canary- Bird Flower. Annual, tall-climbing; glabrous: lvs. peltate near the margin, cordate-orbicular, divided to about the middle into 5 lobes, which are mostly apiculate: fls. canary-yellow, odd and very irregular; spur green, hooked; 2 upper petals erect and large, obovate-clawed, much fringed; 3 lower petals small and narrow and ciliate. Supposed to be native of Peru and Ecuador. B.M. 1351. B.R. 718. G.W. 10, p. 497—An excellent quick-growing vine, although the fls. can scarcely be called showy. {{SCH}} }} ==Cultivation== {{edit-cult}}<!--- Type cultivation info below this line, then delete this entire line --> ===Propagation=== {{edit-prop}}<!--- Type propagation info below this line, then delete this entire line --> ===Pests and diseases=== {{edit-pests}}<!--- Type pest/disease info below this line, then delete this entire line --> ==Species== <!-- This section should be renamed Cultivars if it appears on a page for a species (rather than genus), or perhaps Varieties if there is a mix of cultivars, species, hybrids, etc --> ==Gallery== <gallery perrow=5> File:Tropaeolum peregrinum2.jpg Image:Upload.png| photo 1 Image:Upload.png| photo 2 </gallery> ==References== *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963 <!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 --> <!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 --> <!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 --> ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__
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