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Ipomoea quamoclit
Cupid flower
Other common names
American bellflowerBarbados sweet william
see morecardinal climber
China creeper
Indian arrowroot
Indian forget-me-not
red jasmine
star glory
Cupid's flower
cypress vine
Indian pink
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Botanical details
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Native to GB / Ireland
- No
- Genus
Ipomoea
- Genus description
Ipomoea can be annuals or perennials, often twining, or evergreen shrubs, with simple, lobed or dissected leaves and tubular or funnel-shaped flowers which may be solitary or borne in racemes or panicles
- Name status
Correct
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