| Family | Convolvulaceae | 
| Tribe | Ipomoeeae | 
| Scientific name | Ipomoea coccinea L. | 
| Synonyms | Convolvulus coccineus (L.) Salisbury; Neorthosis coccinea (L.) Rafinesque; Quamoclit coccinea (L.) Moench | 
| Common name | (Japanese common name) maru-ba lukou-sou (マルバルコウソウ, 丸葉縷紅草 [meaning: round leaved scarlet weed]), lukou asagao (ルコウアサガオ, 縷紅朝顔 [meaning: scarlet morning-glory]) | 
| (English common name) red morning-glory, scarlet-creeper, redstar | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa | 
| (Other nations) [native] USA | |
| Habitat | Roadside, field | 
| Chromosomal number | 2n=18 | 
| Description | Leaves 3-7cm long, 1.5-5cm wide. Flowers scarlet corollas ca. 2cm across, flowering in August to October. Vine. Annual plants. | 
| Reference | Ipomoea coccinea L. | 
| Ipomoea coccinea L. | |
| Isothiazole derivatives (US Patent 3922160/1975) | |
| Method for controlling the growth of weeds in a cotton growing area with 3,4,5-trisubstituted isothiazoles (US Patent 3890131/1975) | |
| Control of weeds with 1-(3-methyl-5-isothiazolyl)-3-alkoxyl-3-methylureas (US Patent 4227916/1980) | |
| Sequential application method for enhancing glyphosate herbicidal effectiveness with reduced antagonism (US Patent 5821195/1998) | |
| Sequential application method for treating plants with exogenous chemicals (US Patent 5985793/1999) | |
| Note | naturalized plants (introduced from USA in Edo era, recorded in 1850th) | 
| September 2007 at open field | September 2006 at open field | September 2006 at open field | 
| September 2006 at open field | September 2007 at open field | September 2007 at open field |