Princess Vine
Ipomoea horsfalliae
Also known as Cardinal Creeper
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Rajasthan, Kerala
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Princess Vine
Identify Princess Vine by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a climber habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Glossy divided leaves and clustered red flowers.
- Confirm leaf shape: Palmately lobed (hand-like).
- Confirm flower colour: Red.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Rajasthan, Kerala.
- Confirm it sits within the Convolvulaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Princess Vine.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ipomoea horsfalliae
- Genus
- Ipomoea
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Grown as garden plant
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- West Indies
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Rajasthan, Kerala
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Palmately lobed (hand-like)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Princess Vine itself; the rest are typical of the Convolvulaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Redrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Princess Vine itself; the rest are typical of the Convolvulaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Princess Vine
Princess vine (Ipomoea horsfalliae) is a climber in the Convolvulaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Rajasthan and Kerala. It is grown as garden plant. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Convolvulaceae
Morning glory family
Princess Vine belongs to the Convolvulaceae family.
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