Yellow bells
Tecoma stans
family
Bignoniaceae
origin
Exotic
declaration
Category 3 Restricted Matter (Biosecurity Act 2014)
Must not be distributed or disposed. This means it must not be released into the environment unless the distribution or disposal is authorised in a regulation or under a permit.
Common names
Yellow bells, Tecoma.
A shrub or small tree with once-compound paired leaves. Its leaves have several elongated leaflets with sharply toothed margins. It produces small clusters of showy, yellow, tubular flowers (30-50 mm long) with five rounded lobes and several faint reddish lines in their throats. Its fruit are large elongated capsules (10-30 cm long and 5-20 mm wide) that split open to release numerous papery seeds. Its seeds (7-8 mm long and about 4 mm wide) have a transparent wing at each end.
Impact
Impact
Yellow bells (Tecoma stans) is regarded as an environmental weed in Queensland and New South Wales, and as a minor or potential environmental weed in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. Prolific seed production, fast growth rate and tendency to re-colonise areas post fire disturbance allow it to compete heavily with native shrub layers.
Location
Location
Characteristics
Characteristics
Similar Species
Similar Species
Yellow bells (Tecoma stans) is regarded as an environmental weed in Queensland and New South Wales, and as a minor or potential environmental weed in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. Prolific seed production, fast growth rate and tendency to re-colonise areas post fire disturbance allow it to compete heavily with native shrub layers.
