ルコウソウ

Meanings

cypress vine; cardinal creeper

usually written using kana alone

A flowering vine (Ipomoea quamoclit) with delicate, feathery foliage and small red, pink, or white star-shaped flowers. Often grown as an ornamental annual in Japan.

庭にわのフェンスにルコウソウが絡からまって、赤あかい花はなを咲さかせている。
The cypress vine is twining around the garden fence and blooming with red flowers.
ルコウソウは夏なつから秋あきにかけて星ほし形がたの花はなを次つぎ々つぎと咲さかせる。
The cypress vine produces star-shaped flowers one after another from summer to autumn.