Convolvulaceae
Redstar
Ipomoea coccinea
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Genus
- Ipomoea
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Common names
By language (6)
- Chinese
- 橙红茑萝, 橙紅蔦蘿, 圆叶茑萝
- English
- Redstar
- German
- Scharlachrote Prunkwinde
- Indonesian
- Sri pagi merah
- Japanese
- マルバルコウ, マルバルコウソウ
- Swedish
- Stjärnvinda
Synonyms
- Convolvulus coccineus (L.) Salisb.
- Convolvulus coccineus var. typicus Kuntze
- Ipomoea erythraea Moc. & Sessé ex Choisy
- Neorthosis coccinea Raf.
- Neorthosis tigrina Raf.
- Quamoclit coccinea (L.) Moench
- Quamoclit coccinea var. hirsuta M.Martens & Galeotti
- Quamoclita coccinea Raf.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fukufukurou, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.