Quamoclit pinnata

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Quamoclit pinnata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Quamoclit pinnata, Bojer (Ipomoea Quamoclit, Linn. Q. vulgaris, Choisy. Q. Quamoclit, Brit.). Cypress-vine. Indian Pink. Fig. 3301. St. smooth, slender, twining to a height of 10-20 ft.: lvs. short-petioled or sessile: peduncles few-fld., commonly much longer than the petioles: corolla 1-1 1/2 in. long, scarlet, the tube narrowly funnel- form, inflated above; the limb nearly flat, 5-lobed. July-Oct. Naturalized from Trop. Amer., Va. to Fla., west to Kans. and Texas; sparingly escaped from cult, farther north. B.M. 188 (as Convolvulus Nil); 244. Gn. 29, p. 33.—Beautiful in fl. and foliage but usually does not succeed well in the N. unless started early in the hot- house and transplanted. Var. alba, Hort., has white fls. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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