Ipomoea coccinea Linnaeus. Common name: Scarlet Creeper, Red Morning-glory. Phenology: Aug-Dec. Habitat: Fields, roadsides, thickets, streambanks. Distribution: Unquestionably native of the se. United States, though the details of the pre-Columbian distribution are uncertain. Wood et al. (2020b) stated "endemic to southeastern USA, where it grows on waste ground, roadsides, stream sides and in ditches, apparently with a preference for seasonally moist habitats."
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, F, FNA14, GrPl, GW2, Il, K4, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WV, Austin & Huáman (1996), Austin (1984), Wood et al (2020b); = Quamoclit coccinea (L.) Moench — G, S; < Ipomoea hederifolia L. — WI. Basionym: Ipomoea coccinea L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Ipomoea coccinea - FNA14
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
- Great Plains: FAC
- Midwest: FAC
- Northcentral & Northeast: FAC
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Herbaceous annual vine of fields, roadsides, thickets and stream banks.
Stems: Stems twining and smooth.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate, heart-shaped or rarely lobed, to 4 in. long, with lower margins often weakly toothed, smooth.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in axillary clusters, scarlet, often with a yellow throat, to 1 in. long and 1 1/2 in. wide, narrowly funnel-shaped with a long tube and flaring opening, with 5 protruding stamens.
Fruits: Fruit a nearly round capsule.
Comments:
Height: to 10 ft. (long)
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description: Herbaceous annual vine of fields, roadsides, thickets and stream banks.
stems: Stems twining and smooth.
leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate, heart-shaped or rarely lobed, to 4 in. long, with lower margins often weakly toothed, smooth.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in axillary clusters, scarlet, often with a yellow throat, to 1 in. long and 1 1/2 in. wide, narrowly funnel-shaped with a long tube and flaring opening, with 5 protruding stamens.
fruits: Fruit a nearly round capsule.
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