Common Name: flamevine
Family: Bignoniaceae
Common Synonyms: Pyrostegia ignea
USDA Hardiness Zone: 9a-11
Growth Habit: Vine
Origin: Brazil, Paraguay
FISC Category: -
FDACS Listed Noxious Weed: No
Introduction Date: Introduced to Florida by the early 20th century
IFAS Assessment:
Evergreen, rampant woody vine climbing by tendrils. Leaves compound, opposite, leaflets 2 or 3 (terminal leaflet often a 3-parted tendril), up to 8 cm long, ovate, acuminate. Flowers born January to April, in terminal showy dense panicles, bright orange, to 8 cm long, tubular, corolla with 5 reflexed obtuse lobes, stamens 4, exserted.
Disturbed areas
Flame vine grows rapidly, covering trees, fences and other structures. Reportedly does not set seed in Florida.
No specific recommendations available. Trichlopyr (10% solution) has been shown to be somewhat effective when stems are treated (Hutchinson, 2005).NA
Dave's Garden. 2014. PlantFiles: Flame vine, Pyrostegia venusta. http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/93032/. Accessed on June 18, 2014.
Hutchinson, J. T. Flame Vine (Pyrostegia venusta): An Invasive Plant of Mature Scrub and potentially Other Natural Habitats in Florida. Wildland Weeds, Fall, 2005. Pp. 7-9,11.