An annual or perennial, trailing or climbing by twining leaf-stalks, native to Mexico and temperate South America; leaves rounded or lobed, stalk attached to centre of blade; flowers large, slightly zygomorphic, roughly trumpet-shaped with five petals and a backward-projecting spur, in shades of yellow, orange, and scarlet. Various species and numerous cultivars are grown for ornament. (Genus: Tropaeolum, 90 species. Family: Balsaminaceae.)
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?Nasturtium
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Tropaeolum majus
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom:
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Plantae
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Division:
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Magnoliophyta
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Class:
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Magnoliopsida
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Order:
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Brassicales*
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Family:
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Tropaeolaceae
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Genus:
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Tropaeolum
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species
Tropaeolum adpressum Tropaeolum aduncum Tropaeolum albiflorum Tropaeolum argentinum Tropaeolum asplundii Tropaeolum atrocapillare
Tropaeolum azureum Tropaeolum beuthii Tropaeolum bicolor Tropaeolum bimaculatum Tropaeolum bogotense Tropaeolum boliviense Tropaeolum
brachyceras Tropaeolum brasiliense Tropaeolum brideanum Tropaeolum bridgesii Tropaeolum buchenaui Tropaeolum buchenauianum Tropaeolum
calcaratum Tropaeolum calvum Tropaeolum capillare Tropaeolum carchense Tropaeolum chilense Tropaeolum chrysanthum Tropaeolum chymocarpus
Tropaeolum ciliatum Tropaeolum cirrhipes Tropaeolum coccineum Tropaeolum cochabambae Tropaeolum concavum Tropaeolum concinneum Tropaeolum
canariense Tropaeolum crenatiflorum Tropaeolum crenatum Tropaeolum cubio Tropaeolum curvirostre Tropaeolum cuspidatum Tropaeolum
deckerianum Tropaeolum dentatifolium Tropaeolum denticualtum Tropaeolum digitatum Tropaeolum dipetalum Tropaeolum edule Tropaeolum elatum
Tropaeolum elegans Tropaeolum elzae Tropaeolum emarginatum Tropaeolum equatoriense Tropaeolum ferreyrae Tropaeolum fintelmannii Tropaeolum
flavipilum Tropaeolum floribundum Tropaeolum fulvum Tropaeolum funckii Tropaeolum gaertnerianum Tropaeolum garciae Tropaeolum glaucescens
Tropaeolum glaucum Tropaeolum glaziovii Tropaeolum gracile Tropaeolum guatemalense Tropaeolum harlingii Sparre Tropaeolum hayneanum
Tropaeolum hieronymii Tropaeolum hirsutum Tropaeolum hirtifolium Tropaeolum hjertingii Tropaeolum hookerianum Tropaeolum hortense
Tropaeolum hughesae Tropaeolum huigrense Tropaeolum huynhii Tropaeolum hybridum Tropaeolum incisum Tropaeolum incrassatum Tropaeolum
infundibularum Tropaeolum integrifolium Tropaeolum jilesii Tropaeolum karstenii Tropaeolum kerneisinum Tropaeolum killipii Tropaeolum
kingii Tropaeolum klotzschii Tropaeolum kuntzeanum Tropaeolum lasseri Tropaeolum lechleri Tropaeolum lehmannii Tropaeolum leichtlinii
Tropaeolum leonis Tropaeolum lepidum Tropaeolum leptoceras Tropaeolum leptophyllum Tropaeolum lindenii Tropaeolum linearifolium Tropaeolum
lobbianum Tropaeolum lobbii Tropaeolum longiflorum Tropaeolum longifolium Tropaeolum looseri Tropaeolum luteum Tropaeolum macrophyllum
Tropaeolum macrophyllum Tropaeolum maculatum Tropaeolum maculifolium Tropaeolum magnificum Tropaeolum majus Tropaeolum marginatum
Tropaeolum mathewsii Tropaeolum menispermifolium Tropaeolum mexiae Tropaeolum meyeri Tropaeolum minimum Tropaeolum minus Tropaeolum
moritzianum Tropaeolum morreanum Tropaeolum mucronatum Tropaeolum myriophyllum Tropaeolum nubigenum Tropaeolum nuptae-jucundae Tropaeolum
olmosense Tropaeolum orinocense Tropaeolum orthoceras Tropaeolum oxalidanthum Tropaeolum paniculatum Tropaeolum papillosum Tropaeolum
parviflorum Tropaeolum parvifolium Tropaeolum patagonicum Tropaeolum pellucidum Tropaeolum peltophorum Tropaeolum pendulum Tropaeolum
pentagonum Tropaeolum pentaphyllum Tropaeolum peregrinum Tropaeolum pilosum Tropaeolum piltophorum Tropaeolum pinnatum Tropaeolum
polyphyllum Tropaeolum popelari Tropaeolum porifolium Tropaeolum prostratum Tropaeolum pseudopubescens Tropaeolum pubescens Tropaeolum
pulchellum Tropaeolum purpureum Tropaeolum quinatum Tropaeolum quinquelobum Tropaeolum rectangulum Tropaeolum reichianum Tropaeolum
reineckeanum Tropaeolum repandum Tropaeolum rhizophorum Tropaeolum rhomboideum Tropaeolum sanctae-catharinae Tropaeolum schlimii Tropaeolum
seemannii Tropaeolum septangulum Tropaeolum septemlobatum Tropaeolum sessilifolium Tropaeolum smithii Tropaeolum speciosum Tropaeolum
steyermarkianum Tropaeolum stipulatum Tropaeolum suberosum Tropaeolum subincrassatum Tropaeolum tenellum Tropaeolum tenuirostre Tropaeolum
tenuirostre Tropaeolum tomentosum Tropaeolum traceyae Tropaeolum trialatum Tropaeolum trialatum Tropaeolum tricolor Tropaeolum
tricolori-brachyceras Tropaeolum trilobum Tropaeolum trilobum Tropaeolum tuberosum Tropaeolum umbellatum Tropaeolum unilobatum Tropaeolum
vargasianum Tropaeolum venezuelae Tropaeolum venosum Tropaeolum violaceum Tropaeolum violaeflorum Tropaeolum wagnerianum Tropaeolum
warmingianum Tropaeolum warscewiczii Tropaeolum weberbaueri Tropaeolum willinkii Tropaeolum yarrati
* In older traditional systems placed
in the Geraniales
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