Ipomoea quamoclit




Family Convolvulaceae
Tribe Ipomoeeae
Scientific name Ipomoea quamoclit L.
Synonyms Convolvulus pennatifolius Salibury; Convolvulus pennatus Desrousseaux; Convolvulus quamoclit (L.) Sprengel; Ipomoea cyanoclita Saint-Lager; Quamoclit pennata (Desrousseaux) Bojer; Quamoclit quamoclit (Linnaeus) Britton; Quamoclit vulgaris Choisy
Common name (Japanese common name) lukou-sou (ルコウソウ, 縷紅草 [meaning: scarlet weed])
(English common name) cardinal climber, cypress-vine, cypress-vine morning-glory, star-glory
Distribution (Japan) garden plants (occasionally naturalized mainly in Kanto region of Honshu)
(Other nations) [native] tropical America
Habitat Roadside
Chromosomal number 2n=30
Description Plants creeping or ciimbing ca. 1-3m long. Leaves pinnately divided, 7-11cm long. Flowers scarlet (or merely white) corollas ca. 2cm across, flowering in July to September. Vine. Annual plants.
Reference Ipomoea quamoclit L.
Ipomoea quamoclit L.
Ipomoea quamoclit L.
Ipomoea quamoclit
Ipomoea quamoclit L.
Fungal herbicides (US Patent 5212086/1993)
P450 substrates and methods related thereto (WIPO Patent WO/2006/138012)
Note Naturalized plants (introduced as a garden plant)



July 2008
at Kochi Prefecture
Makino Botanical Garden
July 2008
at Kochi Prefecture
Makino Botanical Garden
July 2008
at Kochi Prefecture
Makino Botanical Garden