Habitat: bank, clay, dry, gap, loam, lowland, margin, open, pasture, riparian, roadside, sand, sheltered, slope, stone, terrace, track, tree, unstable/eroded, wasteland

Dispersal: Seed, vegetative

Distribution from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium. CC-BY 3.0 AU
Distribution from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium. CC-BY 3.0 AU
 Recognition
  • a climbing or scrambling plant with extensive rhizomes and glabrous climbing and twining aerial stems.
  • its leaves are heart-shaped, with the base distinctly notched.
  • its flowers are solitary on long (8-30 cm) stems and the corolla is trumpet-shaped, white and 5-8 cm long.
  • its capsule is 1-1.5 cm long and surrounded by old, persistent sepals.
 Images
Image: Trevor James © Trevor James
Image: Trevor James © Trevor James
Image: Trevor James © Trevor James
Image: Trevor James © Trevor James
Image: Trevor James © Trevor James
Image: Trevor James © Trevor James
Weeds Key – interactive key to the weed species of New Zealand
 References
Biosecurity New Zealand 2012: Regional Pest Management Strategies Database. http://www.biosecurityperformance.maf.govt.nz/
Howell, C. 2008: Consolidated list of environmental weeds in New Zealand. DOC Research & Development Series 292: 42.