Ipomoea purpurea

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Family:CONVOLVULACEAE
Species:Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth
Common Name:Common Morning Glory; Purple Morning Glory; Tall Morning Glory
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Growth Habit:Vine
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:IPPU2
Plant Notes:Common Morning Glory is an introduced annual herbaceous vine in the Morning-Glory family (Convolvulaceae). It is native to Mexico and Central America, but is widely planted as an ornamental and has escaped world-wide. In Alabama it can be found throughout the state. Common Morning Glory occurs on roadsides, in fields, along railroads, along fence lines, and in other disturbed habitats. It is an annual with a taproot. The stems are pubescent, green in color, and up to 6-10 feet in length. The stems climb by twining. Leaves are alternate, petiolate, broadly ovate to circular or rarely 3-lobed in outline, with cordate bases, pubescent on both surfaces, with entire margins. Flowers are produced in 1-3 flowered axillary cymes. The pedicel and sepals are hirsute. The corolla is funnelform, red, pink, purple, blue, white, or bi-colored, and glabrous. The fruit is a sub-globose, glabrous capsule with 6 black angled seed. Common Morning Glory flowers open near sunrise and wither by mid-day. It is commonly available as seed, and many color forms have been selected. Common Morning Glory seed should be planted after the danger of frost has passed. The plants prefer a loamy soil in full sun. Plants should be provided with a trellis or fence on which to climb. Common Morning Glory is often considered a noxious weed, especially in row crops. It is listed as an invasive species in Florida, Georgia, and Kentucky.—A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Not Native, FACU (NWI)
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyCONVOLVULACEAE - Morning-Glory family
Genus Ipomoea
Species Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth - Common Morning Glory; Purple Morning Glory; Tall Morning Glory

Citation

Citation Ipomoea purpurea (Linnaeus) Roth, Bot. Abh. Beobacht. 27. 1787.
Basionym: Convolvulus purpureus L. 1762.
Type: USA: SOUTH CAROLINA: Without data (lectotype: Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. t. 84(97). 1732). Lectotypified by Verdcourt, in C. E. Hubbard & Milne-Redhead, Fl. Trop. E. Afr., Convolvulaceae 114. 1963.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Convolvulus glandulifer Convolvulus glandulifer (Ruiz López & Pavón) Sprengel, Syst. Veg. 1: 599. 1824.Ipomoea glandulifera Ruiz López & Pavón 1799. 
Convolvulus mutabilis Convolvulus mutabilis Salisbury, Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 123. 1796, nom. illegit.Convolvulus purpureus Linnaeus 1762. 
Ipomoea affinis Ipomoea affinis M. Martens & Galeotti, Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 12(2): 263. 1845. MEXICO
Ipomoea discolor Ipomoea discolor Jacquin, Pl. Hort. Schoenbr. 3: 6, pl. 261. 1798.  
Ipomoea glandulifera Ipomoea glandulifera Ruiz López & Pavón, Fl. Peruv. 2: 12, t. 121(a). 1799. PERU
Ipomoea hirsutula Ipomoea hirsutula Jacquin f., Ecl. Pl. Rar. 65, pl. 44. 1813.  
Ipomoea hispida Ipomoea hispida Zuccagni, in Roemer, Collectanea 127. 1806.  
Ipomoea intermedia Ipomoea intermedia Schultes, Observ. Bot. 37. 1809.  
Ipomoea nil var. diversifolia Ipomoea nil (Linnaeus) Roth, var. diversifolia (Lindley) Choisy, in de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 343. 1845.Pharbitis diversifolia Lindley 1837. 
Ipomoea pilosissima Ipomoea pilosissima M. Martens & Galeotti, Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 12(2): 264. 1845. MEXICO
Ipomoea purpurea var. diversifolia Ipomoea purpurea (Linnaeus) Roth, var. diversifolia (Lindley) O'Donnell, Lilloa 26: 385. 1953.Pharbitis diversifolia Lindley 1837. 
Ipomoea zuccagnii Ipomoea zuccagnii Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. 4: 230. 1819, nom. illegit.Ipomoea hispida Zuccagni 1806. 
Pharbitis diversifolia Pharbitis diversifolia Lindley, Edwards's Bot. Reg. 23: t. 1988. 1837.  
Pharbitis hispida Pharbitis hispida Choisy, Mém. Soc. Phys. Gèneve 6: 438. 1834.Convolvulus purpureus Linnaeus 1762. 
Pharbitis purpurea Pharbitis purpurea (Linnaeus) Voigt, Hort. Suburb. Calcutt. 354. 1845.Convolvulus purpureus Linnaeus 1762. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Bibb, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coffee, Colbert, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Dallas, DeKalb, Etowah, Fayette, Geneva, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lee, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Pike, Randolph, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Winston

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1896 - 1985

Barcode / Accession No.
County
Coll. Date
Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
AUA_ACC_59114 Autauga 29 Aug 2000 HANSEN, CURTIS J.
2000-41		 AUA
IPOMOEA PURPUREA (L.) ROTH
AUA_ACC_42941 Bibb 4 Oct 1975 MADDOX, WILLIAM K.
134		 AUA
IPOMOEA PURPUREA (L.) ROTH
UNA00038891 Bibb 11 Sep 1985 Horn, Charles N.
858		 UNA
Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth
UWAL0011518 Butler 03 Oct 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
23457		 UWAL
Ipomoea purpurea (Linnaeus) Roth
TROY000035638 Butler 03 Oct 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
23457		 TROY
Ipomoea purpurea (Linnaeus) Roth
JSU135053 Calhoun 17 Aug 1986 Lawler, Carol L.
966		 JSU
Ipomoea purpurea (Linnaeus) Roth
JSU135052 Calhoun 05 Nov 1998 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10531		 JSU
Ipomoea purpurea (Linnaeus) Roth
UWAL0016600 Calhoun 12 Aug 2013 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13834		 UWAL
Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth
AMAL00002701 Calhoun 12 Aug 2013 Spaulding, Daniel D.
13834		 AMAL
Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth
AUA_ACC_47349 Chambers 13 Aug 1983 HAYES, SHERRAD
149		 AUA
IPOMOEA PURPUREA (L.) ROTH
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