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Ipomoea coccinea
Also called Red Morning Glory, Scarlet Morningglory, Scarlet Creeper, Star Ipomoea, Mexican Morningglory, Red Morningglory, Starglory
Redstar is a fast-growing annual twining vine with dull red, orange-throated flowers that attract butterflies. It is grown for quick summer cover on fences and trellises and is easy from seed.
Ipomoea coccinea is a flowering plant in the family Convolvulaceae known by several common names including red morning glory, redstar and (ambiguously) Mexican morning glory.
It was first described by Linnaeus in 1753.
Ipomoea coccinea is native to tropical America and have been introduced in much of the US. They can be found in disturbed areas along roads, stream banks, fence rows, old fields and other waste areas.
The plant flowers between the months of November and January and fruits in January and February, in central India. The plant is cultivated in many parts of India as an ornamental plant but is also use as a medicinal property; they use the roots to induce sneezing.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
