282 — Number of the plant

at the book: The Mother. The Spiritual Significance of Flowers.- 1-st Ed. / Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry (India).- Singapore: Ho Printing, 2000.- ISBN 81-7058-609-7

Classification

► Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants

► Class Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons

► Subclass Asteridae

► Order Solanales

► Family Convolvulaceae - Morning-glory family

► Tribe Ipomoeeae

► Genus Ipomoea L. - Morning-glory

Synonyms

(=) Ipomoea versicolor Meisn.

≡ Mina lobata (basinom) Cerv.

≡ Quamoclit lobata (Cerv.) House

Common names

Exotic love vine (English)

Firecracker vine (English)

Spanish-flag (English)

Ipomée (French)

Description

Small slightly curved tubular bright red flower that fades to yellow with age, with prominently exserted stamens; borne in many-flowered onesided axillary racemes. A light annual vine with lobed leaves.