Tuesday, November 17, 2009

What is the name of flowering plant that vines (leaves like cucumber plant) small yellow flower w/black center

This plant will vine up a trellas, bloomed alot during the late spring, but now seems to be dying out. The seller told me it was a Thumbellina, but it doesn't look like one that I have looked up on the net.

What is the name of flowering plant that vines (leaves like cucumber plant) small yellow flower w/black center
Thunbergia Alata; Common Name


Black-eyed Susan vine; Clock vine


http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/248/index.h...


Family: Acanthaceae (ah-kanth-AY-see-ay) (Info)


Genus: Thunbergia (thun-BER-jee-uh) (Info)


Species: alata (a-LAY-tuh) (Info)


Category: Vines and Climbers
Reply:black-eyed susan
Reply:There's a similar plant in my mother's yard that turned out to be a weed - clammy chokecherry or Physalis heterophylla. It vines %26amp; small yellow flowers. I've found a couple sites on the web that sell it.


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