Woody climber or scrambler. Leaves more or less opposite, to about 15 cm long. Leaflets 3-9 when leaves mature, entire. Flower clusters to 15 cm long. Flowers 1-2.5 cm long, white to yellow with purple markings in the bearded throat, the lobes to about 5 mm long. Fruit capsule to 6 cm long, with seeds to 1.5 cm wide.
Australia (all mainland states), New Guinea, Malesia
Various selections of habit, geographic origin or flower colour have been given temporary and unsatisfactory cultivar names - these include a fine-leaved variant.
Source: (2002). Bignoniaceae. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 4. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 3. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.
Pandorea pandorana 'Golden Showers'
New growth sometimes coppery. Flowers golden yellow, suffused with bronze, long-lasting.
Available since at least the 1980s.
Pandorea pandorana 'Snowbells'
Fast growing. Flowers white, fragrant. ['Snow Balls', 'Alba']
Available since at least the 1980s.