Ipomoea coccinea

ClassificationDicots
FamilyConvolvulaceae
Family (Traditional)Convolvulaceae
GenusIpomoea
Species:Ipomoea coccinea L.
Common NameRedstar; Scarletcreeper; Red Morning Glory
Growth Habitvine - forb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: BISO; Natural Area Presence: DRU; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LC; Natural Area Presence: LGS; Natural Area Presence: NRG; Natural Area Presence: ObedWSR; Natural Area Presence: RCSP; Duration: Annual; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: vine - forb; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Reproductive Phenology: November; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: Red; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Petal Number: 5; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Axillary; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 5
C value N/A
StatusNot Native; AGCP (FAC), EMP (FACU) (NWPL); TN[SNA] KY[SNA] (State Rank); GNR (Global Rank)
Specimen(s) View and Download Specimen Details »

** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Quamoclit coccinea Quamoclit coccinea (L.) Moench

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Clark (KY), Crittenden (KY), Fayette (KY), Jackson (KY), Jefferson (KY), Laurel (KY), Lewis (KY), Madison (KY), Montgomery (KY), Pike (KY), Pulaski (KY), Todd (KY), Trigg (KY), Anderson (TN), Benton (TN), Blount (TN), Bradley (TN), Campbell (TN), Cannon (TN), Carter (TN), Claiborne (TN), Clay (TN), Cumberland (TN), DeKalb (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Grainger (TN), Hamblen (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hawkins (TN), Henry (TN), Hickman (TN), Houston (TN), Humphreys (TN), Jackson (TN), Knox (TN), Lawrence (TN), Loudon (TN), Marion (TN), Monroe (TN), Montgomery (TN), Morgan (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Rhea (TN), Roane (TN), Robertson (TN), Scott (TN), Sevier (TN), Stewart (TN), Sullivan (TN), Sumner (TN), Unicoi (TN), Warren (TN), Washington (TN), White (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, TENN, UCHT, UOS, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1936 - 2020

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100391935 Fayette Kentucky 06 Oct 1955 Mary E. Wharton
9599
EKY
Ipomoea coccinea
31234100391943 Crittenden Kentucky 12 Sep 1968 Raymond Athey
451
EKY
Ipomoea coccinea
31973000009340 Montgomery Kentucky
KNK
Ipomoea coccinea
31973000009341 Lewis Kentucky
KNK
Ipomoea coccinea
TENN-V-0179502 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Ipomoea coccinea
TENN-V-0179504 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Ipomoea coccinea
TENN-V-0179495 Jackson Tennessee
TENN
Ipomoea coccinea
TENN-V-0179477 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Ipomoea coccinea
APSC0069103 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Ipomoea coccinea
APSC0018419 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Ipomoea coccinea
APSC0087208 Pike Kentucky
APSC
Ipomoea coccinea
APSC0018421 Benton Tennessee
APSC
Ipomoea coccinea
APSC0018422 Henry Tennessee
APSC
Ipomoea coccinea
APSC0070497 Pike Kentucky
APSC
Ipomoea coccinea
APSC0018427 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Ipomoea coccinea
31234100391992 Trigg Kentucky 10 Sep 2008 Edward W. Chester
14774
EKY
Ipomoea coccinea
31234100391927 Clark Kentucky 29 Aug 1955 Mary Ruth Beckett
944
EKY
Ipomoea coccinea
BEREA012267 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Ipomoea coccinea
BEREA012272 Pulaski Kentucky
BEREA
Ipomoea coccinea
BEREA012268 Lewis Kentucky
BEREA
Ipomoea coccinea
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 13 Sep 2014 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Ipomoea coccinea
TENN-V-0179493 Henry Tennessee
TENN
Ipomoea coccinea
TENN-V-0179500 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Ipomoea coccinea
TENN-V-0179497 Loudon Tennessee
TENN
Ipomoea coccinea
TENN-V-0179509 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Ipomoea coccinea
TENN-V-0179480 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Ipomoea coccinea
TENN-V-0179488 DeKalb Tennessee
TENN
Ipomoea coccinea
APSC0087336 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Ipomoea coccinea
APSC0018426 Houston Tennessee
APSC
Ipomoea coccinea
HTTU006870 Hickman Tennessee
HTTU
Ipomoea coccinea
31234100391968 Laurel Kentucky 16 Sep 1989 Ralph L. Thompson
89-2310
EKY
Ipomoea coccinea
TENN-V-0241186 Grainger Tennessee
TENN
Ipomoea coccinea
TENN-V-0179487 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Ipomoea coccinea
TENN-V-0179490 Grainger Tennessee 21 Sep 1936 D. Brown
21c
TENN
Ipomoea coccinea
TENN-V-0179496 Lawrence Tennessee
TENN
Ipomoea coccinea
TENN-V-0179512 Sumner Tennessee
TENN
Ipomoea coccinea
TENN-V-0179489 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Ipomoea coccinea
TENN-V-0179499 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Ipomoea coccinea
TENN-V-0179485 Claiborne Tennessee
TENN
Ipomoea coccinea
APSC0018413 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Ipomoea coccinea
APSC0018424 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Ipomoea coccinea
HTTU025194 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Ipomoea coccinea
HTTU027977 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Ipomoea coccinea
HTTU033129 Scott Tennessee
HTTU
Ipomoea coccinea
HTTU014190 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Ipomoea coccinea
HTTU014191 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Ipomoea coccinea
BEREA012269 Lewis Kentucky
BEREA
Ipomoea coccinea
TENN-V-0179479 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Ipomoea coccinea
TENN-V-0179513 Unicoi Tennessee
TENN
Ipomoea coccinea
TENN-V-0179494 Humphreys Tennessee
TENN
Ipomoea coccinea
UCHT024129 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Ipomoea coccinea
APSC0103732 Crittenden Kentucky
APSC
Ipomoea coccinea
APSC0018417 Todd Kentucky 26 Aug 1968 Edward Chester
APSC
Ipomoea coccinea
UCHT034130 Tennessee
UCHT
Ipomoea coccinea
BRIT111763 Tennessee
VDB
Ipomoea coccinea
BRIT111761 Tennessee
VDB
Ipomoea coccinea
BRIT111733 Tennessee
VDB
Ipomoea coccinea
BRIT111762 Tennessee
VDB
Ipomoea coccinea
ETSU015565 Sullivan Tennessee
ETSU
Ipomoea coccinea
HTTU030241 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Ipomoea coccinea
HTTU006873 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Ipomoea coccinea
HTTU027608 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Ipomoea coccinea
HTTU030240 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Ipomoea coccinea
HTTU030242 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Ipomoea coccinea
HTTU032080 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Ipomoea coccinea
BRIT111760 Tennessee
VDB
Ipomoea coccinea
31234100391984 Madison Kentucky 21 Sep 1988 Ralph L. Thompson
88-2484
EKY
Ipomoea coccinea
31234100391950 Jackson Kentucky 27 Sep 1985 David D. Taylor
9889
EKY
Ipomoea coccinea
BEREA012270 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Ipomoea coccinea
TENN-V-0179498 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Ipomoea coccinea
TENN-V-0179508 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Ipomoea coccinea
TENN-V-0179484 Cannon Tennessee
TENN
Ipomoea coccinea
TENN-V-0179501 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Ipomoea coccinea
TENN-V-0179481 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Ipomoea coccinea
TENN-V-0179507 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Ipomoea coccinea
APSC0072891 Warren Tennessee
APSC
Ipomoea coccinea
HTTU006874 Tennessee
HTTU
Ipomoea coccinea
BRIT111758 Tennessee
VDB
Ipomoea coccinea
BRIT111727 Tennessee
VDB
Ipomoea coccinea
BRIT111756 Tennessee
VDB
Ipomoea coccinea
HTTU006871 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Ipomoea coccinea
HTTU006927 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Quamoclit coccinea
HTTU025196 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Ipomoea coccinea
HTTU030243 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Ipomoea coccinea
HTTU033729 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Ipomoea coccinea
UCHT036630 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Ipomoea coccinea
UCHT034103 Bradley Tennessee
UCHT
Ipomoea coccinea
UCHT034102 Tennessee
UCHT
Ipomoea coccinea
UCHT034129 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Quamoclit coccinea
UCHT034101 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Ipomoea coccinea
BRIT111734 Tennessee
VDB
Ipomoea coccinea
ETSU026732 Hawkins Tennessee 07 Sep 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
19888
ETSU
Ipomoea coccinea
HTTU036208 White Tennessee
HTTU
Ipomoea coccinea
31234100391976 Laurel Kentucky 09 Sep 1993 Randy L. Mears
93-27
EKY
Ipomoea coccinea
TENN-V-0179503 Rhea Tennessee
TENN
Ipomoea coccinea
TENN-V-0179506 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Ipomoea coccinea
TENN-V-0179514 Washington Tennessee
TENN
Ipomoea coccinea
TENN-V-0179483 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Ipomoea coccinea
TENN-V-0179482 Bradley Tennessee
TENN
Ipomoea coccinea
TENN-V-0179511 Sullivan Tennessee
TENN
Ipomoea coccinea
APSC0087203 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Ipomoea coccinea
APSC0018412 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Ipomoea coccinea
HTTU030244 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Ipomoea coccinea
HTTU025262 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Ipomoea coccinea
HTTU025195 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Ipomoea coccinea
UCHT036629 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Ipomoea coccinea
BRIT111753 Tennessee
VDB
Ipomoea coccinea
N/A Hawkins Tennessee 07 Sep 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
ETSU
Ipomoea coccinea
TENN-V-0179505 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Ipomoea coccinea
TENN-V-0179510 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Ipomoea coccinea
TENN-V-0179492 Henry Tennessee
TENN
Ipomoea coccinea
TENN-V-0179486 Clay Tennessee
TENN
Ipomoea coccinea
UCHT024130 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Ipomoea coccinea
UCHT024128 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Ipomoea coccinea
APSC0018416 Henry Tennessee
APSC
Ipomoea coccinea
APSC0018418 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Ipomoea coccinea
HTTU014189 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Ipomoea coccinea
HTTU025197 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Ipomoea coccinea
UOS02340 Franklin Tennessee 16 Aug 2007 Mary P. Priestley
UOS
Ipomoea coccinea
BRIT111731 Tennessee
VDB
Ipomoea coccinea
BRIT111757 Tennessee
VDB
Ipomoea coccinea
BRIT111732 Tennessee
VDB
Ipomoea coccinea
TENN-V-0245533 Knox Tennessee 24 Oct 2020 A. Padovani
20-14
TENN
Ipomoea coccinea
TENN-V-0244015 Stewart Tennessee
TENN
Ipomoea coccinea
TENN-V-0244016 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Ipomoea coccinea
BRIT111729 Tennessee
VDB
Ipomoea coccinea
BRIT111726 Tennessee
VDB
Ipomoea coccinea
BRIT111755 Tennessee
VDB
Ipomoea coccinea
BRIT111764 Tennessee
VDB
Ipomoea coccinea
BRIT111754 Tennessee
VDB
Ipomoea coccinea
BRIT111730 Tennessee
VDB
Ipomoea coccinea
BEREA012271 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Ipomoea coccinea
ETSU008289 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Ipomoea coccinea
TENN-V-0179491 Hamblen Tennessee
TENN
Ipomoea coccinea
TENN-V-0179478 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Ipomoea coccinea
APSC0018423 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Ipomoea coccinea
APSC0018415 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Ipomoea coccinea
APSC0018425 Robertson Tennessee
APSC
Ipomoea coccinea
APSC0018414 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Ipomoea coccinea
APSC0018420 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Ipomoea coccinea
HTTU006869 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Ipomoea coccinea
BRIT111759 Tennessee
VDB
Ipomoea coccinea
BRIT111752 Tennessee
VDB
Ipomoea coccinea
BRIT111728 Tennessee
VDB
Ipomoea coccinea
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Ipomoea coccinea - Theo Witsell
Ipomoea coccinea - Theo Witsell
Ipomoea coccinea - Theo Witsell
Ipomoea coccinea - Theo Witsell
Ipomoea coccinea - Theo Witsell
Ipomoea coccinea - Theo Witsell
Ipomoea coccinea - Theo Witsell
Ipomoea coccinea - Theo Witsell