Evergreen climber. Leaflets ovate to about 7 cm long, long-pointed. Flowers to about 7 cm long, with slightly curved tubes, orange-red, with hairy-edged reflexed lobes and anthers slightly protruding; spring to summer. Fruit a linear capsule to 20 cm or so long. [P. ignea (Vell.) K. Presl]

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay

Occasionally naturalised in coastal districts of NSW.

Source: Spencer, R. (2002). Bignoniaceae. In: Spencer, R.. 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.