Scarlet Morningglory, Red Morningglory

(Ipomoea coccinea L.)

Convolvulaceae (Morningglory Family)

▲ ▼ seedlings and young plants

▲ ▼ twining stems, slightly toothed leaves

▲ ▼ scarlet red flowers

▲ ▼ flowers

Red Morningglory, Scarlet Morningglory: (not in Weeds of the Northeast nor Weeds of the Great Plains)

·        summer annual twining vine with hairless, reddish, ridged stems

·        flowers, small, bright red in axils of leaves

·        leaves are either heart-shaped, or sometimes 3-5 lobed (like pitted morningglory or  ivyleaf morningglory)

·        egg-shaped to rounded, angular seed pod

·        found in drier soils; native to southwestern U.S.