Flowers are hermaphrodite, single, urn-shaped. 2 cm across, nodding or semi-drooping, bi-axillary and terminal flowers, very floriferous, not scented. Outside of sepals are urplish red to red, tips are dark purplish red, distal margins are light pink flushed reddish pink along the minutely ruffled edges. Inside of sepals are white at base with purplish red to red recurved tips. Margins are very narrow and white at point where sepals recurve, becoming purplish red to red distally. Sepals are broadly elliptic, thick and fleshy, touching along basal three quarters. Tip is acute and recurved, with moderate ‘skirts’ minutely ruffled to fine crispate-like margins (Texensis normally does not have skirts). Filaments white; anthers yellow. Seed-heads are persistent. Seeds have long tails but short hairs. It is a deciduous climber, with stems up to 3-4 m. Leaves are simple, green when young maturing to mid-green, margins entire, fairly thick rounded single leaflets with prehensile tendrils.

Group:	Viorna group
Approximate height:  The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	3 - 4 metres
Flowering period(s):  Warning: the months here are approximate for the northern hemisphere: users south of the equator should add approximately 6 months so that July becomes January etc.	Jun Jul
USDA zones:  Warning: the zones given here are USDA zones for guidance only. Canadian zones are slightly different!	6 - 9
Raised by:	Gary Vann
Country of origin:	United States of America
Date raised:  r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	h2018 reg2022
Parentage:  (s) = seed parent	texensis (s) × ‘Rubra’
Further detail:	Flower: 2cm, Sepals: 4; 2.5-3 × 1.5-2 cm long, broadly elliptic, tip acute and recurved, moderate ‘skirts’ with minutely ruffled to fine crispate-like margins