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Manettia cordifolia
Object Details
- Description
- This climbing shrub blooms throughout the warm season with vivid red flowers. It needs some sort of structure to climb on, and is very popular with hummingbirds.
- Hardiness
- 0- 40 F
- Attracts
- Hummingbirds
- Bloom Time
- Summer to fall
- Provenance
- Uncertain
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2022-0781A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Deciduous shrub/sub-shrub
- Bloom Characteristics
- Tubular, red flowers. Flowers are 1" (2.5 cm) long.
- Plant Size
- 15-20' tall x 5-10' wide (4.6-6.1 x 1.5-3.1 meters)
- Range
- S Tropical America
- Habitat
- Wet tropical biome
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- Smithsonian Gardens Display Collection
- On Display
- Enid A. Haupt Garden
- Common Name
- Firecracker vine
- Hummingbird vine
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Asteranae
- Order
- Gentianales
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Manettia
- Species
- cordifolia
- Topic
- Display Gardens
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2022-0781A
- Usage
- CC0
