*Ipomoea purpurea (Linnaeus) Roth. Common name: Common Morning-glory. Phenology: Jun-Nov. Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of tropical America.
Origin/Endemic status: Neotropics
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, F, Fl6, FNA14, G, GrPl, GW2, Il, K4, Meso4.2, Mi, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, Tat, Tn, Va, W, WH3, WI, WV, Austin & Huáman (1996), Austin (1984), Austin (1986), Wood et al (2020b); = Pharbitis purpurea (L.) Voigt — S; > Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth var. purpurea — Tx; Convolvulus purpureus Linnaeus — (basionym)
Links to other floras: = Ipomoea purpurea - FNA14
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: UPL
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: UPL
- Great Plains: FACU
- Midwest: FACU
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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Horticultural Information
| Intro | Stems | Leaves | Inforescence | Flowers | Fruits | Comments | Height | plant sale text | bloom table text | description | stems | leaves | inflorescence | flowers | fruits | comments | cultural notes | germination code | native range |
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Herbaceous annual vine of fields, roadsides, sand bars and other open, weedy areas. Native of tropical America. | Stems twining or trailing, light brown to green, nearly smooth to hairy. | Leaves alternate, petiolate, broadly heart-shaped, to 4 in. long and almost as broad, mostly smooth. | Flowers in axillary clusters of 1-5, blue or purple to pink or white (sometimes variegated), 1 1/2-2 1/2 in. wide, consisting of a tubular-funnel-shaped corolla and a much shorter calyx of hairy, lance-shaped sepals. | Fruit a round capsule. | Each flower blooms once, in the morning, and lasts a single day. | to 10 ft. (long) | Herbaceous annual vine of fields, roadsides, sand bars and other open, weedy areas. Native of tropical America. | Stems twining or trailing, light brown to green, nearly smooth to hairy. | Leaves alternate, petiolate, broadly heart-shaped, to 4 in. long and almost as broad, mostly smooth. | Flowers in axillary clusters of 1-5, blue or purple to pink or white (sometimes variegated), 1 1/2-2 1/2 in. wide, consisting of a tubular-funnel-shaped corolla and a much shorter calyx of hairy, lance-shaped sepals. | Fruit a round capsule. | Each flower blooms once, in the morning, and lasts a single day. |
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