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Fire Vine

Ipomoea (Mina) lobata

Photo by HemaShah
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Description:

Flowers on a vine

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Fire Vine

Ipomoea (Mina) lobata

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Brian Parsons
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Ron Kushner
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Comments (8)
Ron Kushner
Mina was placed under Ipomoea long ago and is NOT on the rank of genus anymore , although many sites still retain old outdated synonyms as if they were current...
MaryFord
Wow!! Thanks for contributing to the Great Nature Project! Beautiful.
HemaShah
Thnx Brian! Also very nice to see you after so long! Welcome back!
Brian Parsons
Cool Vine - typically grown as an annual in NE US, also called Spanish Flag. Old name is Mina lobata and now is called Ipomoea lobata
Tiz
Very beautiful representation of this flower. I like the colours in the whole picure :)

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