High-climbing woody vine with aerial rootlets. Leaves pinnately compound with 9-11 ovate, pointed leaflets 5-7 cm (2-2.8 in) long. Flowers in clusters, yellowish-orange to red, tubular-funnelform, 5-8 cm (2-3 in) long, blooming through the Summer. Fruits oblanceolate capsules 10-20 cm (4-8 in) long.
Comment: The species is cultivated for its large flowers and has become naturalized in much of the U. S. except for the northern border and the Pacific Northwest.
Distribution: It is native to about the southeastern third of the U. S.
Habitat: roadsides, fencerows, abandoned fields, floodplain forests.
NWI status: FAC
Comment: Campsis is derived from a Greek word meaning curved, and refers to the stamens; radicans refers to the aerial rootlets that the plant uses to cling to tree bark.
Distribution in Oklahoma: 
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