Thunbergia erecta

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

Scientific Names
Acanthaceae >	Thunbergia >	erecta >

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 The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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