Putnam Park Wildflowers


Flower ID: IMG_2107.JPG-07-02-2019
Flower name (scientific): Catalpa speciosa E. Y. Teas PY: 1875. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) kah-TAL-pah speh-see-OH-sah
Flower name (common): Northern Catalpa
Family name (common): Trumpet-Creeper
Family name (scientific): Bignoniaceae
Scientific name origin:
     Genus: Derived from the vernacular name kutuhlpa, a North American Indian word for the tree, with the meaning winged head. First used by the English naturalist Mark Catesby.
    Specific epithet: From Latin for showy or handsome, refers to the large and numerous flowers.
Common name origin: Northern is used to distingush this species from the slightly more southern species, Southern Catalpa Catalpa bignonioides. For Catalpa, see under Genus above.
Flower description:
     Size: 1.0 to 2.0 inches (2.5 to 5.1 cm)
     Petal count: 5
     Color: white with purple streaks and some patches of yellow.
     Other: flower arrangement, Panicle
Plant description:
     Size: 360 to 960 inches (9 to 24 m)
     Stem hairy: na
     Other:
Leaf description: attachment is opposite and/or whorl, type is simple.
     Size: Leaves are 15 to 30 cm long and 10 to 20 cm wide.
     Color: medium green
     Hairy: upper surface glabrous, lower surface pubescent.
     Other: Shape: leaf, cordate to cordate-ovate (IL)
Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Introduced
Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Uncommon
Bloom time (typical): May to July
Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Perennial
Habitat: Mesic woodlands, forests, roadsides, sun, moist.
Fruit: Capsule 25 to 50 cm long, dark brown colored.
Seed: About 1 to 1.5 cm long, with tufts of hair at each end.
Importance to wildlife:
Similar species (if any): No close lookalikes.
Ethnobotany:
Latitude: 44.796392
Longitude: -91.501327
Altitude: 245.70
Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Ashland, Brown, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Dunn, Eau Claire, Grant, Green, Iowa, Jackson, Jefferson, Kenosha, La Crosse, Milwaukee, Racine, Richland, Rock, Sauk, Sheboygan, Vernon, Walworth, Waukesha) Click here for distribution map
In US: (AL, AR, CO, CT, DC, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WV) Click here for distribution map
In Canada: (ON) Click here for distribution map
References:
Synonym(s):
Basionym: na
Homotypic Synonym(s): na
Heterotypic Synonym: POWO lists 2 heterotypic synonyms for this species.
Autonym: na
Wetland Status (NC): FACU
Wetland Status (MW): FACU