Pyrostegia venusta (Ker-Gawl.) Miers

Common Name: Flame Vine
Family: Bignoniaceae Juss.

Country of Origin: Mexico to S. Trop. America
Habitat: canopy liana

Description: [syn. P. ignea (Vell.) K. Presl.; Bignonia ignea Vell.; B. venusta Ker-Gawl.]
Evergreen climbing shrub; leaflets ovate, to 3 inches long, acuminate; flowers to 3 inches long, corolla tubes reflexed, margined with white hairs; fruit to 1 foot long.

USDA Zone: 9-11

Accession Data:

Accession # 199000036
Source: SCE/Florida
Accession Date: 12-31-1990
Bench: 1317 - NEOA: South Bench E
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 02-26-2025

Classification:

Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
SubClass: euasterid I
Order: Lamiales
SubOrder:
Family: Bignoniaceae
SubFamily:
Tribe: Bignonieae
SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:

Year	Jan				Feb				Mar					Apr				May				Jun					Jul				Aug				Sep					Oct				Nov				Dec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010

References (internal):

EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany

EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Mexico Central / Mexico Gulf / Mexico Northwest / Mexico Southwest / Mexico Southeast / Costa Rica / El Salvador / Guatemala / Honduras / Panama / Guyana / Suriname / Venezuela / Bolivia / Colombia / Ecuador / Peru / Brazil West-Central / Brazil Northeast / Brazil Southeast / Brazil North / Brazil South / Argentina Northeast / Argentina Northwest / Paraguay

References (external):

The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Monday, July 24, 2017.
WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Monday, July 24, 2017.
Pyrostegia venusta at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Monday, July 24, 2017.

data regenerated on Wed, 26 Feb 2025 13:21:08 -0500 [bcm v4.0]