Scrambling or climbing plants. Leaves peltate, entire or shallowly lobed. Sepals shortly fused; petals brightly coloured, yellow to red, upper pair shorter than lower 3 and inserted at mouth of nectariferous spur. Fruit of 3 separating mericarps, dry or slightly fleshy.
About 90 species, extending from Mexico to Chile; 1 species naturalised in Australia.
Source:
Walsh, N.G. (1999). Tropaeolaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae, pp. 242–243. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
