Eccremocarpus scaber
Common name
Chilean glory creeper
Family
Bignoniaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Lianes & Related Trailing Plants - Dicotyledons
Conservation status
Not applicable
Detailed description
A multi-branched climbing subshrub. Evergreen, or deciduous in colder climates, with aerial shoots dying back in winter. Leaves are in opposite pairs, each leaf comprising 2-3 (-7) leaflets, arranged alternately to sub-opposite. The leaflets are thin, variable in size and shape but are generally oval and about 2 cm long. Flowers are numerous and are a showy orange-red outside and orange within. Petals are c. 2.5 cm long, rounded, and slightly rolled backwards at the tips. Flowering occurs from Sept-May. Fruit capsules are glossy, slightly wrinkled and oval shaped; 4.5 x 2 cm. Seeds are black with a prominent wing that aids wind dispersal.
Flower colours
Orange, Red/Pink
Year naturalised
1940
Origin
Chile- Andes
Etymology
eccremocarpus: From the Greek ekkremes ‘pendent’ and karpos ‘seed’, the seed vessels being pendulous.
National Pest Plant Accord species
This plant is listed in the 2020 National Pest Plant Accord. The National Pest Plant Accord (NPPA) is an agreement to prevent the sale and/or distribution of specified pest plants where either formal or casual horticultural trade is the most significant way of spreading the plant in New Zealand. For up to date information and an electronic copy of the 2020 Pest Plant Accord manual (including plant information and images) visit the MPI website.
Reason For Introduction
Horticultural