General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9b -3.9 °C (25 °F) to -1.1 °C (30 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 8 to 10 feet, possibly 15 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Other: Base of tube either reddish or all yellow
Bloom Size: 3"-4"
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Tuber
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Scarify seeds: Nick seed coat until you see endosperm
Needs specific temperature: 65ºF - 75ºF
Days to germinate: Fresh seeds germinate in less than a week
Depth to plant seed: 2 centimeters
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Other: Seeds
Pollinators: Bumblebees
Bees
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Botanical names
  • Accepted: Distimake aureus
  • Synonym: Operculina aurea
  • Synonym: Merremia aurea

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Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2023-09-18
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2020-07-28
Native bee heaven
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2018-10-14
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2023-09-18
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2023-09-18
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2023-09-18
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2016-09-19
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2019-08-24
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2023-07-24
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 9/27/2021
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Tuber of a six year old plant
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2023-09-18
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2019-07-20
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2016-09-19
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2017-08-07
Merremia aurea - yellow flowers to dream about.
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2017-12-10
1 year old plant, grown from seed
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 9/27/2021
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2019-07-27
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2020-06-17
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2019-08-24
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2019-08-24
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2024-08-19
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2024-08-19
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2024-08-19
Flowers open in late morning into early afternoon
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2023-07-24
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2018-10-14
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2018-07-14
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2018-07-14
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 9/27/2021
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2019-07-26
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2019-07-26
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2018-07-27
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2017-04-18
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2020-06-04
Initial vine growth issues forth from beneath the soil surface
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2024-08-30
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2024-08-30
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2024-08-30
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2023-07-24
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2023-07-23
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Cotyledons and new vine - vine always emerges from a growth point
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Young plant showing off its very large cotyledons
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2024-08-30
Leaves and sepals view
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2019-08-24
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2019-07-20
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2018-10-14
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2018-10-14
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2018-10-14
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2018-10-14
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2018-07-14
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2024-09-27
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2018-07-27
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2018-07-27
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2020-02-02
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2020-02-02
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2019-07-27
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2019-07-27
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2019-07-27
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2019-07-27
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2019-07-27
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2019-07-27
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2019-07-27
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2019-07-27
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2019-07-27
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2019-07-27
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2024-07-24
First flower of the year-plant is at least 10 years old and will
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2024-07-24
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: May 2018
New vine growth emerging from a leaf scar
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: May 2018
New vine growth emerging from a leaf scar
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2019-07-18
5 flower buds starting to show yellow flower color
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2015-08-11
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2019-08-24
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2019-08-24
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2016-09-19
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2017-05-03
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2016-09-19
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2017-05-03
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2023-07-24
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2018-07-14
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2018-07-14
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2018-07-14
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2018-07-14
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2019-08-07
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2019-08-07
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2020-04-05
Tuberous root of a 4 year old plant from a seed
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2019-07-27
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2024-07-24
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2024-07-24
First flower of the year-plant is at least 10 years old and will
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2015-07-05
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2015-07-05
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2015-07-05
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2017-10-07
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2017-10-07
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2016-09-09
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
New vine growth emerging from a leaf scar
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
New vine growth emerging from a leaf scar
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2016-06-20
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2020-07-17
Newly emerged leaves on 4 year old plant
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2019-07-14
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2015-07-05

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