Oh, botanical names. How you confuse us! These two climbing cousins have a network of colliding names. One (with star-shaped flowers) can be called cypress vine (Ipomoea quamoclit but also Quamoclit pennata). The other one (with multiple tubular florets) can be called Spanish flag (Ipomoea lobata but also Mina lobata or Ipomoea versicolor or Quamoclit lobata). Got that?

It’s as if they put all the names in a paper sack, shook them up and tossed them on the table like Scrabble tiles to see where they landed. To top it off, they’re cousins! And they don’t look at all alike.

The one with the arrowy foliage and the two-toned flowers is Ipomoea lobata

Or you can just call them cool