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Cypress Vine
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Update time: 2010-09-15
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Cypress Vine (Ipomoea quamoclit )
 
 
Botanical Name: Ipomoea quamoclit
Common Name: Cypress vine, Star glory
Synonyms: Quamoclit pennata
Description:  An annual twining climber with deeply cut, feather-fine leaves, cypress vine bears rich red inch-wide blossoms. Slender-tubed starry flowers are beautifully set off by gossamer foliage and stay open all day long.
Noteworthy characteristics: Seeds are highly toxic if ingested.
 
Ipomoea quamoclit (Cypress Vine, Cypressvine Morning Glory, Cardinal Creeper, Cardinal Vine, Star Glory or "hummingbird vine") is a species of morning glory native to tropical regions of the New World from northern South America north to Mexico.
 
The morning glory, known scientifically as Ipomoea, is a flowering, climbing vine that grows easily. It makes an excellent ornamental near a trellis, fence post or porch railing.
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