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Ipomoea purpurea

Botanic Family

Convolvulaceae

Author

(Linnaeus) Roth

Propagation

S.

Cultivated

C, ornamental with cultivars

Hardiness Zone

Min7C

Offspring

Ipomoea purpurea 'Alba', Ipomoea purpurea 'Huberi', Ipomoea purpurea 'Shibori', Ipomoea purpurea 'Violacea'

Common Names

• Common Morning Glory
• Yuan ye qian niu (Pinyin)
• Correguela (Mexico)
• Quiebra Plato (Mexico)
• Pan-kazun-nwe (Myanmar)
• Tall Morning Glory
• Churristate (Costa Rica)

Geographical Habitats

• N. Argentina
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• C. Chile
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Jamaica
• Coahuila - Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Uruguay
• Arizona - USA
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Scrub
• disturbed areas
• thickets
• hedgerows
• pasture
• montane areas. coastal

Flowering Times

• Feb-Jun (Bolivia)

Fruiting Times

Herbaceous hairy annual twiner with entire or 3-lobed pilose leaves to 150mm x 120mm, strigulose both sides, hairy stems. Axillary solitary or umbels to 5 flowers with bracts to 7mm long, 70mm purple-blue, pink, red with white centres or white flowers with white tubes, hairy sepals to 16mm long, rosy purple, blue or white corolla to 60mm long. Glabrous capsule to 10mm diameter with persistent hispid sepals.

Widely naturalised to weed proportions in some areas.

Seeds have medicinal uses.

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Herklots 1976
• van der Spuy 1976
• Beckett 1990
• Huxley 1992
• P & R 1997
• FOC
• FONZ
• RHS A-Z
• net
• NYBG
• Neotrop
• Bodkin
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• G. Don
• FA
• Fedde
• VOPR
• USNH
• Botanicus
• Kew
• Standley
• KB