Ipomoea coccinea

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Quamoclit coccinea, Moench (Ipomoea coccinea, Linn.). Star Ipomoea. Fig. 3302. St. freely twining for 10 ft.: lvs. slender-petioled, entire or angulate, acuminate: peduncle 2-6 in. long, few- to several-fld.; corolla 1/2-2/3in. wide, salverform; limb obscurely lobed, scarlet with yellow throat. Aug.-Oct. Apparently naturalized from Trop. Amer., on river banks in the Middle and South Atlantic states; probably indigenous to N. Mex. and Ariz. B.M. 221.—Fls. are produced in abundance, but are very small.

Var. hederifolia, House (Ipomoea hederifolia, Linn. Ipomoea coccinea var. hederifolia, Gray. Mina san- guinea, Hort.). Fig. 3303. This Plains form of the species has angulate, 3-lobed or even 3-5-parted lvs., and fls. usually larger. B.R. 9. B.M. 1769. I.H. 41, p. 159.—It is superior to the type for ornamental purposes.

Var. luteola, House (Ipomoea luteola, Jacq. Ipomoea coccinea var. lutea, Hort.). Fls. yellow, an inch long. Varies to orange in color.


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