Cypress Vine

Ipomoea quamoclit

Location: National Museum of Japanese History 'Botanical Garden'
Location: National Museum of Japanese History 'Botanical Garden'
Location: National Museum of Japanese History 'Botanical Garden'
Location: National Museum of Japanese History 'Botanical Garden'
Location: Kiba Park
Location: Kiba Park
Location: National Museum of Japanese History 'Botanical Garden'
Location: National Museum of Japanese History 'Botanical Garden'
Location: National Museum of Japanese History 'Botanical Garden'
Location: National Museum of Japanese History 'Botanical Garden'
Location: Okinawa Taketomijima
Location: Okinawa Taketomijima

Flower name
Cypress Vine
Scientific name
Ipomoea quamoclit
Alias縷紅草, Ipomoea quamoclit, Cypress Vine
Place of originMexico
Place of floweringFields and footpaths, Garden, Overseas
Flowering seasonApril, May, June, July, August, September, October

What is Cypress Vine

Birth flowers for Aug 10

Cypress Vine (Scientific name: Ipomoea quamoclit) is a vining annual herbaceous plant native to Mexico in the family Convolvulaceae. It produces small, funnel-shaped, pentagonal-tipped flowers that bloom for long periods of time from spring to autumn. The pinnate, deeply lobed leaves are cool and, like bitter gourd, it is also used as a green curtain to ward off the summer heat.

Common name:Cypress Vine,
Scientific name: Ipomoea quamoclit,
botanical name: Cypress Vine,
vine length: 3 m, leaf shape: pinnate with deep fissures, inflorescence: alternate,
flowering season: April to October, inflorescence: Cyme, flowering place: axillary, corolla diameter: pentagonal, flower color: red, pink and white,
fruit type The capsule.