Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
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)
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