WILDFLOWERS OF NEW MEXICO
VINES AND TWINING PLANTS
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Yellow to orange Vines (click photo to see description)
REd to Pink Vines (click photo to see description)
White, CREAMY to greenish (click photo to see description)
Stinking Gourd, Buffalo Gourd
Cucurbita foetidissima
Cucumber Family, Cucurbitaceae
Perennial herbaceous vine
Slimlobe Globeberry
Ibervillea tenuisecta
Cucumber Family, Cucurbitaceae
Perennial herbaceous, vine
Goathead, Puncture Vine
Tribulus terrestris
Creosote Bush Family, Zygophyllaceae
Annual herb; introduced, naturalized
Field Bindweed
Convolvulus arvensis
Morning Glory Family, Convolvulaceae
Perennial herbaceous vine
Introduced, invasive
Scarlet Morning Glory
Ipomoea cristulata (Ipomoea coccinea)
Morning Glory Family, Convolvulaceae
Annual herbaceous vine
Tepary Bean
Phaseolus acutifolius
Legume Family, Fabaceae
Annual, herbaceous vine
Slimleaf (Narrow-leaf) Bean
Phaseolus angustissimus
Legume Family, Fabaceae
Perennial, herbaceous vine
Leatherflower
Clematis bigelovii
Buttercup Family, Ranunculaceae
Perennial herbaceous vine
Columbia Rock Clematis
Clematis columbiana
Buttercup Family, Ranunculaceae
Perennial herbaceous vine
Hairy Leatherflower
Clematis hirsutissima
Buttercup Family, Ranunculaceae
Perennial herbaceous herb
BULE to PURPLE & MAGENTA (click photo to see description)
Purple Leatherflower
Clematis pitcheri
Buttercup Family, Ranunculaceae
Perennial herbaceous vine
Net-cup Snapdragon Vine, Balloonbush
Epixiphium wislizeni (Maurandya wislizeni)
Plantain Family, Plantaginaceae
Perennial herbaceous vine
Heartleaf Morning Glory
Ipomoea cardiophylla
Morning Glory Family, Convolvulaceae
Annual herbaceous vine
Lindheimer’s Morning Glory
Ipomoea lindheimeri
Morning Glory Family, Convolvulaceae
Perennial herbaceous vine
Plummer’s Morning Glory
Ipomoea plummerae
Morning Glory Family, Convolvulaceae
Perennial herbaceous vine
Snapdragon Vine
Maurandella antirrhiniflora (Maurandya antirrhiniflora)
Plantain Family (Plantaginaceae)
Perennial herbaceous vine
American Vetch
Vicia americana
Pea Family, Fabaceae
Perennial herbaceous vine
Vines have developed different strategies to set down their roots, often in the shade of trees and shrubs, and climb to reach the sun. Some have tendrils adapted to twist and twine around the stems and foliage of other plants. Some have developed holdfasts, hair-like stems that penetrate spaces and pores of other plants and surfaces, such as wood and masonry walls. Others simply send out sprawling or trailing stems that climb into low branches, over boulders, or form a groundcover that blankets open ground.
Scroll down this list, separated by flower color, until you see a vine that looks like your mystery plant, the click the flower to link to a full description, range map, and additional photos.
Old Man’s Beard Clematis
Clematis drummondii
Buttercup Family, Ranunculaceae
Perennial herbaceous vine
Western Virgin’s Bower
Clematis ligusticifolia
Buttercup Family, Ranunculaceae
Perennial herbaceous vine
Texas Bindweed
Convolvulus equitans
Morning Glory Family, Convolvulaceae
Perennial herbaceous vine
Flatglobe Dodder
Cuscuta umbellata
Cuscutaceae, Dodder Family
Perennial herbaceous, parasitic vine
Climbing Milkweed, Fringed Twinevine
Funastrum cynanchoides (includes F. heterophyllum)
Synonym: Sarcostemma cynanchoides
Dogbane Family, Apocynaceae
Perennial, herbaceous vine
Common Hops
Humulus lupulus var. neomexicanus
Hemp Family, Cannabaceae
Perennial deciduous vine
White Peavine
Lathyrus lanszwertii var. leucanthus
(includes L. leucanthus and L. arizonicus)
Legume Family, Fabaceae
Perennial herbaceous vine
Woodbine, Thicket Creeper
Parthenocissus vitacea
(aka Parthenocissus inserta)
Grape Family, Vitaceaa
Perennial, deciduous vine
Field Bindweed
Convolvulus arvensis
Morning Glory Family, Convolvulaceae
Perennial herbaceous vine;
Introduced, invasive
Canyon Grape
Vitis arizonica
Grape Family, Vitaceaa
Perennial, deciduous vine
