General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9a -6.7 °C (20 °F) to -3.9 °C (25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 10-20 feet
Plant Spread: 1-3 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Deciduous
Other: Deciduous in Zone 8a---Evergreen in higher zones
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Orange
Other: Orange, gradually aging to red
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Underground structures: Taproot
Suitable Locations: Topiary
Uses: Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Other: this will easily root where the vine touches the ground; it can sometimes be invasive in zone 10.
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Suitable for hanging baskets
Needs excellent drainage in pots

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Common names
  • Mexican Flame Vine
  • Orange Glow Vine
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides
  • Synonym: Senecio confusus

Photo Gallery
Location: My Garden
Date: 2020-05-06
#pollination by butterflies
Location: Colima, Mexico (usda zone 11)
Date: 2014-12-25
Mexican Flame Vine.  Pseudogynox chenopodioides, Senecio confusus
Location: Sebastian,  Florida
Date: 2023-02-20
February blooms
Location: Sebastian,  Florida
Date: 2023-02-20
Climbing an oak tree in the front yard.
Photo by piksihk
Location: Houston, Texas
Date: 2012-05-02
Location: Sebastian,  Florida
Date: 2021-05-11
Location: my garden 
Date: 2017-10-24
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2010-04-10
Location: Winter Springs, FL zone 9b
Date: 2013-01-18
Location: Winter Springs, FL zone 9b
Date: 2017-01-21
January Blooms
Location: Reynolda Gardens, Winston-Salem NC
Date: 2015-08-21
Location: Sebastian,  Florida
Date: 2022-03-19
Location: Sebastian,  Florida
Date: 2021-05-24
Location: Colima, Colima Mexico (Zone 11)
Date: 2013-12-04
Mexican Flame Vine (Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides) viable seeds
Location: Houston
Date: 2012-05-02
Location: Houston
Date: 2012-05-02
Location: My garden
Date: 2019-03-02
Location: Winter Springs, FL zone 9b
Date: 2013-01-16
Attracts butterflies
Location: Houston, Texas
Date: 2012-05-02
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-07-29
Location: Sebastian,  Florida
Date: 2021-05-02
Location: Sebastian,  Florida
Date: 2021-05-02
Location: Houston, Texas
Date: 2012-05-01
Location: Reynolda Gardens, Winston-Salem NC
Date: 2015-08-21
butterfly magnet!
Location: Sebastian,  Florida
Date: 2022-03-19
Location: Colima, Colima Mexico (Zone 11)
Date: 2015-02-14
Mexican Flame Vine (Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides) volunteer seedl
Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2014-03-08
Attractive orange blooms that attract bees and butterflies! Bloom
Location: Winter Springs, FL zone 9b
Date: 2016-03-24
Location: my garden 
Date: 2015-12-05
maiden blooms
Location: Reynolda Gardens, Winston-Salem NC
Date: 2015-08-21
Location: Reynolda Gardens, Winston-Salem NC
Date: 2015-08-21
great screen for fence & outbuilding
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2010-10-16
Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2014-03-08
This vine rambles along the ground or a structure such as a fence
Location: Houston
Date: 5-1-12

Date: 2004-01-01
Location: Houston, Texas
Date: 2012-05-02
Location: my garden 
Date: 2015-12-05
maiden blooms
Location: my garden 
Date: 2015-12-05
Location: Reynolda Gardens, Winston-Salem NC
Date: 2015-08-21
Location: Reynolda Gardens, Winston-Salem NC
Date: 2015-08-21

photo credit: Neskaya
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2010-10-02
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2010-10-16
Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2014-03-08
Close-up of the leaves. After blooming this vine can become very
Location: Copenhagen Botanical Garden, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Comments:
  • Posted by Dutchlady1 on Feb 5, 2015 6:20 AM concerning plant:
    Agree on it being invasive in zone 10, I have to cut mine back almost to the ground each year or it would have swallowed the house whole by now. But when in bloom it's a stunner.
Plant Events from our members
piksihk On January 16, 2019 Bloomed
plant has gotten huge - scattered blooms throughout winter
piksihk On March 5, 2018 Plant emerged
pruned freeze damage
piksihk On October 22, 2017 Bloomed
piksihk On February 21, 2016 Bloomed
HW
piksihk On May 1, 2015 Transplanted
front bed
piksihk On November 1, 2014 Potted up
piksihk On July 1, 2014 Miscellaneous Event
cutting rooted
dorothythomas98 On June 1, 2014 Obtained plant
MySecretIslandGarden On March 12, 2023 Obtained plant
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