Thunbergia gregorii

Thunbergia gregorii, commonly known as orange clockvine or orange trumpet vine, is a herbaceous perennial climbing plant species in the family Acanthaceae, native to East Africa and sometimes cultivated as an ornamental vine.

The bright, pure all-orange flowers distinguish it from the related black-eyed Susan vine (Thunbergia alata).

[1] Spencer Le Marchant Moore described the species in 1894, naming it after John Walter Gregory.

[2] The common name of clockvine relates to the vine spiralling upwards in a clockwise direction.

[1] Thunbergia gregorii is an evergreen vine that grows to 8–10 ft. tall, or if left without support can become an extensive groundcover.

Orange clockvine, flowering in May, in Mountain View, California