Polemoniaceae

Cobaea scandens Cav.

Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Cobaea

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Cobaea scandens (Cobaea scandens) — FlowerPhoto: Andrés Ramírez-Barrera, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (11)

Belarusian: Кабея лазячая
Bulgarian: Катерлива кобея
Chinese: 电灯花, 電燈花
Dutch: Klokwinde
Finnish: Kelloköynnös
French: Cobée grimpante, Cobee grimpante, Cobæa scandens
German: Glockenrebe
Kurdish: Rezê cangoçkê, رەزێ جانگۆچکێ, Cobea scandens, Şînzerk
Norwegian Bokmål: Klokkeranke
Polish: Kobea pnąca, Sępota pnąca
Swedish: Klockranka

Synonyms

Cobaea lasseri Pittier
Cobaea scandens unranked alba Hovey
Cobaea scandens unranked variegata W.Bull ex Blandy
Cobaea scandens var. foliis-variegatis André
Rosenbergia scandens House

Flowers

In flower: all year (from 317 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Andrés Ramírez-Barrera, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: naturewatchwidow, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Thibaud Aronson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: ketleycbarreto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Palomares Clayton, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: alejandrozab, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Celis Gomes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.