Common Morning-Glory
Ipomoea purpurea
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh & more
How to identify Common Morning-Glory
Identify Common Morning-Glory by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Classic cultivated common morning glory.
- Confirm leaf shape: Cordate.
- Confirm flower colour: Purple.
- In India, compare location records such as Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Convolvulaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Common Morning-Glory.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ipomoea purpurea
- Genus
- Ipomoea
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Kerala, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Nagaland, Punjab, Sikkim
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- CordaterecordedHeart-shaped, with a notch at the base.“The leaves are heart-shaped and the stems are covered with brown hairs.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Common Morning-Glory itself; the rest are typical of the Convolvulaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Common Morning-Glory itself; the rest are typical of the Convolvulaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Common Morning-Glory
Common morning-glory (Ipomoea purpurea) belongs to the Convolvulaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and 17 other states.
Convolvulaceae
Morning glory family
Common Morning-Glory belongs to the Convolvulaceae family.
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