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PRE — Plant Risk Evaluator

Macfadyena unguis-cati

by Forest and Kim Starr
Common Name(s)
catclaw-creeper , catclawvine , catclaw-trumpet, funnel-creeper , macfadyena
Synonym(s)
Dolicandra unguis-cati, Bignonia unguis-cati, Batocydia exoleta, Batocydia unguis, Bignonia californica, many others listed on Tropicos

Is this plant a cultivar?  No

Life History:  Perennial

Growth Form:  vine

Northern Mexico: Mexico - Baja Sur, - Nuevo Leon, - San Luis Potosi, - Sinaloa, - Sonora, - Tamaulipas
Southern Mexico: Mexico - Campeche, - Chiapas, - Guerrero, - Mexico, - Michoacan, - Morelos, - Nayarit, - Oaxaca, - Puebla, - Queretaro, - Quintana Roo, - Tabasco, - Veracruz, - Yucatan
Southern America
Brazil: Brazil - Amazonas, - Bahia, - Ceara, - Espirito Santo, - Federal District, - Goias, - Maranhao, - Mato Grosso, - Mato Grosso do Sul, - Minas Gerais, - Para, - Paraiba, - Parana, - Pernambuco, - Rio de Janeiro, - Rio Grande do Sul, - Rondonia, - Roraima, - Santa Catarina, - Sao Paulo, - Sergipe
Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda; Bahamas; Barbados; Cuba; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Haiti; Hispaniola; Martinique; Montserrat; Netherlands Antilles; Puerto Rico; St. Lucia; St. Vincent and Grenadines; Trinidad and Tobago; Virgin Islands (British); Virgin Islands (U.S.)
Mesoamerica: Belize; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama
Northern South America: French Guiana; Guyana; Suriname; Venezuela - Apure, - Bolivar, - Merida, - Zulia, - Amazonas, - Anzoategui, - Aragua, - Barinas, - Cojedes, - Falcon, - Guarico, - Miranda, - Monagas, - Nueva Esparta, - Portuguesa, - Sucre, - Federal District, - Carabobo, - Lara, - Yaracuy, - Delta Amacuro
Southern South America: Argentina - Cordoba, - Buenos Aires, - Catamarca, - Chaco, - Corrientes, - Entre Rios, - Formosa, - Jujuy, - La Pampa, - Misiones, - Salta, - Santa Fe, - Tucuman; Paraguay - Alto Parana, - Amambay, - Caaguazu, - Caazapa, - Central, - Concepcion, - Cordillera, - Guaira, - Itapua, - Misiones, - Neembucu, - Alto Paraguay, - Paraguari, - Presidente Hayes, - San Pedro, - Canendiyu; Uruguay - Artigas, - Colonia, - Florida, - Montevideo, - Rio Negro, - Rivera, - San Jose
Western South America: Bolivia - Chuquisaca, - La Paz, - Pando, - Santa Cruz, - Tarija; Colombia - Antioquia, - Atlantico, - Bolivar, - Boyaca, - Caldas, - Cordoba, - Cundinamarca, - Magdalena, - Meta, - Sucre, - Choco, - Cesar, - Guajira, - Guaviare; Ecuador; Peru - Cuzco, - Huanuco, - Junin, - Loreto, - Madre de Dios, - Pasco, - Puno, - San Martin, - Ucayali

A perennial evergreen or deciduous vine with yellow flowers in the Bignoniaceae.

Used as an ornamental. Listed in the Sunset Western Garden Book.

External Resources
GBIF Species Page
USDA Plants Database page
Tropicos Species Page
U.S. National Plant Germplasm System
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