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 |