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Cobaea scandens

Species category

Flower, Weed

Common name

cup-and-saucer-vine, Mexican-ivy, monastery-bells, cobée grimpante, klockranka

Diagnostic characters

Planting unit

True seedTrue seed:
A mature fertilized ovule consisting of an embryo, with or without and external food reserve (e.g., endosperm) enclosed by the testa.

Shape

ObovateObovate:
Inverted egg shaped with apical end the broadest.
 discoid

Size

  • Length: 11–14 mm
  • Width: 9–10 mm
  • Thickness: 1.9–2 mm

Color

Brown mottled

Texture

Rough; seed margin is winged.

Other structures

HilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus).
 is linear and extends from the base to the seed center.

Identification notes

The seed is flat and winged.

Noxious weed seed categories

Not listed

AOSA examination list

Not included

Nomenclature

Family

Polemoniaceae

Valid name

Cobaea scandens Cav.

Cobaea scandens. Flat and winged seeds with a linear hilum that extends from the base to the center.
Cobaea scandens. Flat and winged seeds with a linear hilum that extends from the base to the center.