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We discovered this vine growing freely last year, it is beautiful! Blooms are small, about quarter size.
It's European in origin. A couple of additional pics at
http://www.associazionegaia.net/parco_mo...
Photo from: http://www.arboretum.sav.sk/sk/dendroexp...
http://www.arboretum.sav.sk/files/image/...
This is beautiful. I'd love to know what it is.
It looks like a Matelea sp. but doesn't match any of the Matelea sp. listed for Oklahoma (http://plants.usda.gov/checklist.html). The structures curling over the center of the flower are unusual for a Matelea sp.
Does this form seedpods in the fall?
I'd recommend that you contact someone knowledgeable in Oklahoma to get this identified. You might try the Oklahoma Biological Survey through
http://www.biosurvey.ou.edu/