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Cat Claw Ivy, Macfadyena unguis - cati

Cat Claw Ivy, Macfadyena unguis cati Photo Taken In Glendale On April 5, 2006. Used On I 17 Freeway To Cover Wire Fence.

Cat Claw Vine	Macfadyena unguis-cati

Cat Claw Ivy Macfadyena unguis-cati, Trumpet Creeper Family ( Bignoniaceae ), Cat Claw Ivy. Also called Cat's Claw, Yellow Trumpet Vine. This attractive, shrubby, evergreen, twining climber gives a short spring display of showy yellow blossoms. It is a good ornamental cover for fences or walls, or of growing across lattice for shade. It will take full sun. It is a fast grower, with stems 10 to 18 feet long. The stems are red - brown aging to a green color then becoming woody up to about 6 inches thick. The leaves are divided into a glossy green, 3 tip leaflet with a two ovate-lanceolate, glossy green cladodes about 2 inches long per petiole and a 3 pronged claw-like climbing appendage. The flowers are single or in small clusters, yellow, trumpet like, up to 3/4 inches long with 5 petals. They turn into a thin capsule fruit about 12 - 18 inches long which is green ripening to brown in the summer, developing winged seeds. It has tuberous, deep, extensive roots. It's seeds are dispersed by wind and water. Formerly known as Doxantha unguis-cati or Bignonia tweediana. Height: Height to about 25 feet. Equal or greater spread. Usually about 10 to 18 feet tall and long. Flowers: Bright yellow, solitary, funnel-shaped. 2 inches long, 1-1/4 inch diameter. Short Bloom. Blooming Time: April in Phoenix. Leaves: Dark green, ovate-lanceolate, 2 inches long, entire or lower ones irregularly pinnately divided and a 3 pronged claw-like climbing appendage. Seed Pod: A very long thin pod, 12 - 18 inches long and about 1/2 inch wide. It has winged seeds about 4 × 1 cm in size. Elevation: 0 - 2,500 Feet. Habitat: A Xeriscape Landscape plant. Native to Brazil & Argentina. Miscellaneous: Flowering Photos Taken At I 17, Glendale. April 5, 2006.