WILDFLOWERS OF NEW MEXICO

Twinning around tall flowers and low vegetation, the slender vines of this native can reach 10-feet long. Look for the trumpet-shaped red flowers, which stay open all day to attract hummingbirds.

FLOWERS: May–November. Clusters of 3–7 tubular, trumpet-shaped, scarlet to orange-yellow, flowers reach 1-inch (2.6 cm) long and 3/4-inch (1.9 cm) wide with protruding white stamens.

LEAVES: Alternate. Blades oval, 1/2–4-inches (1.5–10 cm) long, 3/8–2 3/4-inches (1–7 cm) wide, entire or cut deeply into 3–5 pointed lobes, on stems (petioles) 3/4–3 1/2-inches (2–9 cm) long.

HABITAT: Sandy, rocky soils; roadsides, disturbed areas, mesas, plains, pinyon-juniper, ponderosa woodlands.

ELEVATION: 4,000–7,800 feet.

RANGE: AZ, NM, TX.

SIMILAR SPECIES: About 16 species of morning glory in NM, but this is the only one with small scarlet flowers and large leaves.

NM COUNTIES: Western 2/3 of NM in mid-elevation habitats: Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Dona Ana, Eddy, Grant, Harding, Hidalgo, Lincoln, Los Alamos, Luna, Mora, Otero, Quay, Rio Arriba, San Juan, San Miguel, Sandoval, Santa Fe, Sierra, Socorro, Torrance, Valencia.