Convolvulaceae
Scarletcreeper
Ipomoea hederifolia
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Genus
- Ipomoea
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 心叶茑萝, 心葉蔦蘿, 橙红茑萝, 瘤梗甘薯
- English
- Scarletcreeper, Red star glory
- French
- Ipomee a feuilles de lierre
Synonyms
- Convolvulus acutangulus Spreng.
- Convolvulus angulatus Spreng.
- Convolvulus coccineus var. hederifolius (L.) Kuntze
- Convolvulus luteolus (Jacq.) Spreng.
- Convolvulus phoeniceus (Roxb. ex Rottler) Spreng.
- Convolvulus sanguineus Spreng.
- Doxema sanguinea Raf.
- Ipomoea acutangula Ruiz & Pav.
- Ipomoea angularis Willd.
- Ipomoea angulata Lam.
- Ipomoea brevipedicellata (Hallier f.) Hallier f.
- Ipomoea coccinea f. luteola (Jacq.) Voss
- Ipomoea coccinea var. curviflora Griseb.
- Ipomoea coccinea var. hederifolia (L.) A.Gray
- Ipomoea coccinea var. luteola (Jacq.) Meisn.
- Ipomoea dichotoma Kunth
- Ipomoea hephrophylla Meisn.
- Ipomoea humboltiana Willd.
- Ipomoea luteola Jacq.
- Ipomoea nephrophylla Meisn.
- Ipomoea phoenicea (Roxb.) Choisy
- Ipomoea phoenicea Roxb.
- Ipomoea sanguinea Vahl
- Ipomoea stylosa Hort.Madr. ex Choisy
- Mina hederifolia (L.) Bello
- Quamoclit acutangula Choisy
- Quamoclit angulata Bojer
- Quamoclit brevipedicellata Hallier f.
- Quamoclit coccinea var. hederifolia (L.) House
- Quamoclit coccinea var. luteola (Jacq.) House
- Quamoclit dichotoma (Kunth) G.Don
- Quamoclit hederifolia (L.) G.Don
- Quamoclit luteola (Jacq.) G.Don
- Quamoclit phoenicea Choisy
- Quamoclit sanguinea G.Don
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: L. Shyamal, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Antonella Borsari, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: gbdimeglio, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: eliezerbilancia, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Michel ROUBY, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Michel ROUBY, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.