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Ipomoea purpurea
Also called Common Morning Glory, Common Morningglory, Tall Morningglory, Annual Morning Glory
Tall morning-glory is a fast-growing annual climber that twines up supports and opens trumpet-shaped blue, purple or white flowers. It needs full sun and well-drained soil, and it can become a weed where it self-seeds.
Ipomoea purpurea, the common morning-glory, tall morning-glory, or purple morning glory, is a species in the genus Ipomoea.
It is native to Mexico and Central America, and is naturalized throughout warm temperate and subtropical regions of the world.
The plant is predisposed to moist and rich soil, but can be found growing in a wide array of soil types.
Tropical white morning-glory · Swamp morning-glory · Ginger-leaf morning-glory · Sweet potato · Mile a minute vine · Gloria de la manana · Redstar · Ipomoea corymbosa · Lady Doorly's morning-glory · Beach morning-glory · Oceanblue Morning Glory · Whitestar
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ipomoea purpurea 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.
