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Morning glory flower, Ipomoea nil An unopened spiral bud of a morning glory flower, Ipomoea purpurea 'Blue Star', a cultivar of Ipomoea tricolor photographed in Haverhill, Massachusetts Morning glory flower (Ipomoea purpurea) Morning glory (also written as morning-glory [1]) is the common name for over 1,000 species of flowering plants in the ...
Ipomoea alba, known in English as tropical white morning glory, moonflower or moonvine, is a species of night-blooming morning glory, native to tropical and subtropical regions of North and South America, from Argentina to northern Mexico, Arizona, Florida [3] and the West Indies. [4]
Like all morning glories, the plant entwines itself around structures, growing to a height of 2–3 m (6 ft 7 in – 9 ft 10 in) tall. The leaves are heart-shaped and the stems are covered with brown hairs. The flowers are trumpet-shaped, predominantly blue to purple or white, and 3–6 cm (1.2–2.4 in) in diameter. [5]
Ipomoea lacunosa, the whitestar, [1] white morning-glory [2] or pitted morning-glory, [3] [4] is a species that belongs to the genus Ipomoea. In this genus most members are commonly referred to as "morning glories". The name for the genus, Ipomoea, has roots in the Greek words ips and homoios, which translates to worm-like. This is a reference ...
It is a large and diverse group, with common names including morning glory, water convolvulus or water spinach, sweet potato, bindweed, moonflower, etc. [5] The genus occurs throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the world, and comprises annual and perennial herbaceous plants, lianas, shrubs, and small trees; most of the species are ...
They grow up to be about 50–100 mm (2–4 in) long and about half as wide. The vines can reach 3 m (10 ft) or more in length. The flowers are dull red with an orange throat. Red morning glory flowers are borne in clusters of a half dozen. The species name coccinea is Latin for "scarlet", and refers to the color of the flowers.
Ipomoea quamoclit, commonly known as cypress vine, cypress vine morning glory, cardinal creeper, cardinal vine, star glory, star of Bethlehem or hummingbird vine, is a species of vine in the family Convolvulaceae native to tropical regions of the Americas and naturalized elsewhere in the tropics.
Ipomoea barbatisepala, commonly known as canyon morning glory, [1] is a species of morning glory. It is native to the Southwestern United States, where it has been found in New Mexico and Arizona; [2] in these regions, its native range overlaps with the non-native range of the closely related Ipomoea hederacea. [3] It is also found in the west ...