Scarlet Morningglory

Scarlet Morningglory, Red Morningglory

Ipomoea coccinea L.

Convolvulaceae (Morningglory Family)

▲ ▼ seedlings and young plants

▲ ▼ twining stems, slightly toothed leaves

▲ ▼ scarlet red flowers

▲ ▼ flowers

Red Morningglory, Scarlet Morningglory:

summer annual twining vine with hairless, reddish, ridged stems
flowers, small, bright red in axils of leaves
leaves are either heart-shaped, or sometimes 3-5 lobed (like pitted morningglory or ivyleaf morningglory)
egg-shaped to rounded, angular seed pod
found in drier soils; native to southwestern U.S.