Yellow-Throated Morning Glory
Ipomoea perlonga
Also known as Yellow-Throated Ipomoea
- Habit
- Climber
- Flowering
- September-January
How to identify Yellow-Throated Morning Glory
Identify Yellow-Throated Morning Glory by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a climber habit.
- Confirm leaf shape: Cordate (heart-shaped).
- Confirm flower colour: Pink.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: September-January.
- Confirm it sits within the Convolvulaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Yellow-Throated Morning Glory.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ipomoea perlonga
- Genus
- Ipomoea
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Waste places and along roadsides
- Habitat type
- Wasteland
- Distribution
- Mexico through Central and South America
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Cordate (heart-shaped)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Yellow-Throated Morning Glory itself; the rest are typical of the Convolvulaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Pinkrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Yellow-Throated Morning Glory itself; the rest are typical of the Convolvulaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Yellow-Throated Morning Glory
Yellow-Throated Morning Glory (Ipomoea perlonga) is a climber in the Convolvulaceae family. It grows in waste places and along roadsides. Flowering and fruiting run from September to January.
Convolvulaceae
Morning glory family
Yellow-Throated Morning Glory belongs to the Convolvulaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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