*Ipomoea quamoclit Linnaeus. Common name: Cypress-vine. Phenology: Jun-Oct (-Dec). Habitat: Fields, hedgerows, disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of tropical America.
Origin/Endemic status: Neotropics
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Bah, C, F, Fl6, FNA14, GrPl, GW2, Il, K4, Meso4.2, NcTx, NE, Pa, RAB, Tn, Tx, WH3, WI, Austin & Huáman (1996), Austin (1984), Wood et al (2020b); = Quamoclit quamoclit (L.) Britton — S; = Quamoclit vulgaris Choisy — G. Basionym: Ipomoea quamoclit L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Ipomoea quamoclit - FNA14
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: UPL
- Great Plains: FACU
- Midwest: FACU
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU
Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Herbaceous annual vine of fields, hedgerows and disturbed areas. Native of tropical America.
Stems: Stems twining and smooth.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate, oval in outline, 2-4 in. long, pinnately divided into linear segments, giving the foliage a ferny appearance.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in long-stalked, axillary clusters of 1-3; scarlet; 3/4 in. wide; tubular with 5 spreading, triangular lobes at the opening making a 5-pointed star; white stamens and a style protrude from the tube.
Fruits: Fruit a round to oval capsule.
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Height: 6-10 ft.
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description: Herbaceous annual vine of fields, hedgerows and disturbed areas. Native of tropical America.
stems: Stems twining and smooth.
leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate, oval in outline, 2-4 in. long, pinnately divided into linear segments, giving the foliage a ferny appearance.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in long-stalked, axillary clusters of 1-3; scarlet; 3/4 in. wide; tubular with 5 spreading, triangular lobes at the opening making a 5-pointed star; white stamens and a style protrude from the tube.
fruits: Fruit a round to oval capsule.
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native range: Central America & South America
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