Cypress Vine

Ipomoea quamoclit L.

Convolvulaceae (Morningglory Family)

▲ ▼ twining vines on mature plant

▲ ▼ close-up of foliage and flowers

▲ foliage is finely-dissected, heart-haped leaf

 

▲ flowers and developing fruit capsules

▲ flower

Cypressvine:  (not in Weeds of the Northeast, nor in Weeds of the Great Plains)

      summer annual vine with heart-shaped, but finely divided leaves—almost like only the main veins are present in leaves, not much tissue in between

      flowers are 1-3 inches long, bright red, trumpet shaped—favored  by hummingbirds

      found in cultivated fields and waste areas

      similar species:  cardinal climber, has more tissue on deeply lobed leaves (fewer divisions) but similar flowers, growth habit and occurrences