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Tropaeolum emarginatum is a climbing annual in the nasturtium family, native from southern Mexico to Colombia, with stems that can reach about 8 m. Grow it in a sunny spot with support to climb on, and keep it moist in the growing season.
Tropaeolum emarginatum is a flowering plant belonging to the family Tropaeolaceae. That family occurs naturally only in the New World, and comprises only the single genus Tropaeolum, in which all the species commonly are known as nasturiums.
Tropaeolum emarginatum occurs from southernmost Mexico, the state of Chiapas, south into Colombia.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tropaeolum emarginatum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
