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'''''Thunbergia erecta''''' is a herbaceous perennial climbing plant species in the genus ''[[Thunbergia]]'' native to western Africa.
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Thunbergia erecta, T. Anders. (Meyenia erecta, Benth.). Shrub, 2-4 ft. high, with loose spreading branches, half-erect: lvs. opposite, petiolate, ovate or subrhomboid, smooth, entire or sinuate-toothed: fls. solitary on axillary peduncles; calyx cut into 12-14 short teeth, concealed by the large bracts; corolla funnelform; tube curved, deep yellow within; limb purple, l 1/2 - 2 in. across, of 5 subrotund obcordate lobes. Trop. W. Afr. —A greenhouse shrub, producing fls. freely at almost any season. Grows in the open in Fla. Not a climber. Var. alba, Hort. Fls. white. Var. caerulea, Hort. Fls. large, intense violet, with orange throat.
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Thunbergia erecta, T. Anders. (Meyenia erecta, Benth.). Shrub, 2-4 ft. high, with loose spreading branches, half-erect: lvs. opposite, petiolate, ovate or subrhomboid, smooth, entire or sinuate-toothed: fls. solitary on axillary peduncles; calyx cut into 12-14 short teeth, concealed by the large bracts; corolla funnelform; tube curved, deep yellow within; limb purple, l 1/2 - 2 in. across, of 5 subrotund obcordate lobes. Trop. W. Afr. B.M. 5013. F.S. 11:1093. R.H. 1863:251. I.H. 3:99. F. 1855:225. J.H. III. 28:35; 49:261; 54:39.—A greenhouse shrub, producing fls. freely at almost any season. Grows in the open in Fla. Not a climber. Var. alba, Hort. Fls. white. Var. caerulea, Hort. Fls. large, intense violet, with orange throat.
 
 
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Plant Characteristics
Habit   shrub

Height: ⇕ 6 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6. to 8 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 8.
Width: ⇔ 7 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 7.
Lifespan: ⌛ perennial
Bloom: ❀ early summer, mid summer, late summer
Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ sun
Features: ✓ flowers
USDA Zones: 10 to 12
Flower features: ❀ blue, purple
Scientific Names

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Thunbergia erecta is a herbaceous perennial climbing plant species in the genus Thunbergia native to western Africa.


Read about Thunbergia erecta in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Thunbergia erecta, T. Anders. (Meyenia erecta, Benth.). Shrub, 2-4 ft. high, with loose spreading branches, half-erect: lvs. opposite, petiolate, ovate or subrhomboid, smooth, entire or sinuate-toothed: fls. solitary on axillary peduncles; calyx cut into 12-14 short teeth, concealed by the large bracts; corolla funnelform; tube curved, deep yellow within; limb purple, l 1/2 - 2 in. across, of 5 subrotund obcordate lobes. Trop. W. Afr. —A greenhouse shrub, producing fls. freely at almost any season. Grows in the open in Fla. Not a climber. Var. alba, Hort. Fls. white. Var. caerulea, Hort. Fls. large, intense violet, with orange throat. CH


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