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Ipomoea imperati
Also called Fiddle Leaf Morning Glory, White Flower Beach, Lesser Beach Morning Glory
Beach morning-glory is a trailing, sand-binding subshrub of tropical and subtropical coasts, with white flowers and narrow, lance-shaped leaves. It thrives in full sun and very well-drained sandy soil, and it spreads by floating seeds.
Ipomoea imperati, the beach morning-glory (a name it shares with Ipomoea pes-caprae), is a species of flowering plant in the family Convolvulaceae. Like Ipomoea pes-caprae, its seeds disperse by floating in seawater. It has been found on the sandy shores of every continent except Antarctica.
Ipomoea imperati and I. pes-caprae can be easily can be distinguished in that I. imperati has white flowers and I. pes-caprae usually has purple flowers. The leaves of I. imperati are more linear or lanceolate while those of I. pes-caprae tend to be more circular or ovate.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ipomoea imperati by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
