mystery snail-flower vine in Madrid

I'm posting this for Cali Doxiadis, who is travelling.


Hello all--
--In Madrid last week I saw an amazing flowering vine I couldnīt identify...nobody could tell me the botanical name. The common Spanish name is "Caracol Real." It flowers in the Fall and has pink and white blossoms shaped like elongated pointy snails, about an inch and a half long. It looks tender and Iīm told it dies back completely in the winter in Madrid, but is perennial in the Seville area. It looks as if it might belong to the pea family. (I was so intrigued with the flowers Iīm afraid I didnīt notice the leaves.)
Thanks
Cali

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