Ipomoea coccinea

Basic information
Scientific name	Ipomoea coccinea	Click to magnify
Common names	Red morningglory, Scarlet morningglory
Higher taxon	Convolvulaceae, Solanales, Magnoliopsida, Magnoliophyta
Natural range	North America.
Habitat	Farm area, fruit garden, pasture, roadside, vacancy, etc.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Middle to southern Japan
Origin	Unknown.
Date	1848-1854
Route	Deliberate: As ornamental plant
Impact	Competition with native plants and crop (corn) Native organism(s) affected: Native plants, crop (corn), etc.
Regulation in Japan	Import from country or area with Euscepes postfasciatus or Cylas formicarius, and transport from 30 deg. N or southern Ryukyu Archipelago and Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands, of live leaf, stem, and underground organ of genus Ipomoea, are prohibited by the Plant Protection Law.
Introduced range in other countries	South America, Asia, Africa, Oceania.

Reference	Notes
Hotta et al. (1989) Useful Plants of the World. Heibonsha, Tokyo (in Jpn) Osada (1976) Colored Illustrations of Naturalized Plants of Japan. Hoikusha, Osaka (in Jpn) Satake et al. (1981) Wild Flowers of Japan, Herbaceous Plants [III]. Heibonsha, Tokyo (in Jpn) Shimizu (ed) (2003) Naturalized Plants of Japan. Heibonsha, Tokyo (in Jpn) etc.	Ipomoea. x sloteri is a hybrid of I. quamoclit and this species.