Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

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Dolichandra unguis-cati

Common name

Cat's Claw Creeper, Cat's Claw Trumpet, Funnel Creeper

Family

Bignoniaceae

Where found

Forest, woodland, disturbed sites, roadsides, on fences and old buildings, and along streams. Coast and the eastern edge of the ranges north from Milton.

Notes

Introduced woody climber, stems to 30 m or more long. Stems hairless. Leaves opposite each other, compound, with the terminal leaflet modified into a 3-clawed tendril. Leaflets usually 2 (rarely 1 or 5 in juveniles), 1-8 cm long, 4–30 mm wide, hairless, tips pointed, margins entire to obscurely toothed. Flowers yellow, usually with orange lines inside the tube, 40–100 mm long, to 100 mm wide, tubular, with 5 lobes. Flowers single or in small clusters. Flowering: spring to summer.

Weed of National Significance. General Biosecurity Duty with additional restrictions all NSW. Pest plant ACT (as Macfadyena unguis-cati). Noxious weed Vic.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Dolichandra~unguis-cati  (accessed 12 January, 2021)