Flame Vine (Golden Shower)
Pyrostegia venusta
Order:
Lamiales
Family:
Bignoniaceae
IUCN Red List status:
Not Evaluated
Description
As its name suggests, this trumpet creeper has flowers which are striking fire orange. It is native to Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia and north-eastern Argentina. Flowers are about four inches long and trumpet shaped in dense terminal clusters. Leaves are roughly two inches long, ovate and slightly rough or hairy.
