| 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 |