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Ipomoea wrightii
Also called Morning Glory, Morning Glories, Morningglory
Wright's morning-glory (Ipomoea wrightii, often called Ipomoea heptaphylla in the sources) is a twining annual or short-lived perennial vine with pink or purple flowers and usually five-leaflet leaves. It is grown occasionally as an ornamental climber, and it is a Convolvulaceae species not grown widely in gardens.
Ipomoea heptaphylla, sometimes known as Wright's morning glory in the United States, is a species of morning glory. It is incorrectly classified as I. wrightii in American publications, but is incorrectly known as I. tenuipes in Africa and India. It is an annual or short-lived perennial vine which climbs using twining stems, and has pink or purple flowers. The leaf shape is somewhat variable, with individuals possessing compound leaves palmately divided into five leaflets, and lanceolate-leaved individuals occurring in neighbouring populations. The name heptaphylla actually means 'seven-leaved'. This plant has a very extensive distribution, from Texas and adjacent states in the southeastern USA to Misiones in northern Argentina, the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean, India, Sri Lanka and East and Southern Africa. Despite its wide distribution it is uncommon throughout its range.
Aside from the first references to this species from Brazil, India and Cuba, other early collections of this species are from Jamaica, Paraguay, Tanzania, Sri Lanka, northernmost Mexico, Texas and Arkansas.
Seed of this species has sometimes been offered for sale in commercial horticultural catalogues. It was first cultivated in Britain in 1827.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ipomoea heptaphylla 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.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
