Tropaeolaceae

Canary-creeper

Tropaeolum peregrinum L.

Family: Tropaeolaceae
Genus: Tropaeolum

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Canary-creeper (Tropaeolum peregrinum) — FlowerPhoto: fern Wildtruth, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (10)

Arabic: كبوسين غريب
Chinese: 广布旱金莲
English: Canary-creeper, Canarybird flower, Canarybird vine
Estonian: Lõhis-mungalill
Finnish: Kanarianköynnöskrassi, Kanariankrassi
German: Zierliche Kapuzinerkresse
Norwegian Bokmål: Kanariblomkarse
Quechua: K'ita maswa
Swedish: Fjärilskrasse
Turkish: Kanarya çiçeği

Synonyms

Tropaeolum canariense Markham
Tropaeolum morreanum Klatt
Trophaeum peregrinum (L.) Kuntze

Flowers

In flower: February to May (from 20 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: fern Wildtruth, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Anders Hastings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Jean Carlo Mari Fanton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Skjold Søndergaard, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: AfroBrazilian : Aleksandrs Balodis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: AfroBrazilian : Aleksandrs Balodis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Noemi Guerrero, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Jacek Pietruszewski, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Charlie O'Brien, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jacek Pietruszewski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.