Help me identify this plant, please
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I found this growing wild. I love the red flower. I would like to know what it is. Thanks!
13 answers
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The flower form rather resembles nicotiana, but I can't tell what leaf goes with this plant from your photos, or anything about its growth habit.
Douglas Hunt
on Sep 15, 2013
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It looks like a morning glory.
Gillian
on Sep 15, 2013
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morning glory
K.adams1955
on Sep 15, 2013
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I think Gillian and K.adams are right that this is red morning glory, Ipomoea coccinea.
Douglas Hunt
on Sep 15, 2013
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It's a wild morning glory....it takes over here...and it's next to impossible to get rid of. It's pretty...but it just creeps around EVERYTHING!!
Tammy@Deja Vue Designs
on Sep 15, 2013
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I love morning glorys!
Gillian
on Sep 16, 2013
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Me, too.
Debbie Patterson
on Sep 16, 2013
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At least it's not an Opium Poppy...
James Austin
on Sep 16, 2013
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Its pretty, but a real pain. I use to take care of a yard that had this climbing on everything. It was choking out rose bushes, trees, and about everything that was in the flower beds. Don't let it start or you won't be able to get rid of it even if it is pretty.
Teri
on Sep 16, 2013
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I have also bought this as red cardinal vine. the first two pictures are from seed the last one is wild along my property line..Hummingbirds love these
Carolyn Vermillion
on Sep 16, 2013
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Thats a good thing Debbie...so you can still enjoy the beauty of it. :)
Teri
on Sep 16, 2013
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it looks like a red cardinal vine, similar to a morning glory.
Patti Lemaire
on Sep 16, 2013
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the wild one in my yard comes up in the same place every year have not found it in any other parts of the yard after apx 15 yrs.
Carolyn Vermillion
on Sep 24, 2013
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