Flowers Growing at our Home

Western Trumpet Honeysuckle

Pyrostegia venusta The five woody vines of Pyrostegia are natives of South America. The name is from the Greek pyr, fire, and stege, a roof, referring to the color and shape of the upper lip of the flower. P. venusta is a native of Brazil and is the only commonly cultivated species. It is a vigorous grower with stalked leaves, leaflets 2 to 3 inches long. The flowers are slender tubed, brilliant red-orange in color, showy, and borne terminally in large pendulous clusters. They are 2 to 3 inches long and the petals are reflexed and fringed with white hairs. We found ours growing wild in our woodland pasture.