White Schnella glabra flowers with purple specks on some of the flower petals

Schnella glabra

This plant is a woody vine or scrambling shrub native from southern Mexico through tropical America. Coiling tendrils support its climbing stems. The leaves are usually divided into two lobes, with prominent veins radiating from the base. Clusters of white to creamy flowers have an upright upper petal marked with dark red dots and streaks. The dry pods split open when mature. Photographed in Atlántico, Colombia.

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Close-up view of creamy yellow Schnella glabra flowers with speckled inner petals against green foliage

Cluster of creamy white Schnella glabra flowers with dark red speckles on the upright petals

White Schnella glabra flowers with purple specks on the flower petals

Clustered inflorescences of Schnella glabra displaying pale yellow petals and dotted inner lobes surrounded by broad green leaves

Schnella glabra vine bearing numerous rounded clusters of cream-white flowers along slender climbing stems

Pale Schnella glabra flowers grow along leafy arching branches

A Schnella glabra vine carries pale flowers above dense foliage

Pale yellow Schnella glabra flowers open beside pointed green buds

Dark speckles mark the upper petals of pale Schnella glabra flowers