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Accession Data:

Cobaea scandens Cav.

  • Common Name: Cup and Saucer Vine
  • Family: Polemoniaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: tropical America

  • USDA Zone: 9a-10b

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201600072
  • Source: Chiltern 372
  • Accession Date: 08-30-2016
  • Bench: 3318 - NEOB: West Bench SC
    • Currently: active - marginal (no foliage)
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 02-29-2020

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: asterids
  • Order: Ericales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Polemoniaceae
  • SubFamily: Cobaeoideae
  • Tribe: Cobaeeae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2020
2019
2018
2017

References (internal):

  • Type Species
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Texas / Mexico Central / Mexico Northeast / Mexico Gulf / Mexico Southwest / Mexico Southeast / Costa Rica / Guatemala / Honduras / Panama / Jamaica / Venezuela / Bolivia / Ecuador / Peru / Chile North

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, August 04, 2016.
  2. Cobaea scandens at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Tuesday, August 30, 2016.
  3. Cobaea scandens at Encyclopedia of Life. Last accessed on Tuesday, August 30, 2016.
  4. Plant Finder at Missouri Botanical Garden. Last accessed on Sunday, October 08, 2017.

data regenerated on Fri, 29 May 2020 09:48:12 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Cobaea scandens

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Current Accessions in the Polemoniaceae

Subfamily Cobaeoideae
Tribe Cantueae

  • Cantua quercifolia

Subfamily Cobaeoideae
Tribe Cobaeeae

  • Cobaea scandens

Subfamily Polemonioideae
Tribe Polemonieae

  • Polemonium viscosum
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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