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Cobaea scandens (Cup and saucer vine)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) >  Eudicotyledons >  Core Eudicots >  Asterids > Order: Ericales > Family: Polemoniaceae

Indigenous to Mexico. Cultivated in southern Africa as a garden plant.

Cobaea scandens (Cup and saucer vine), New York Botanical Gardens. [photo H. Robertson, Iziko ©]

 

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