Convolvulaceae
Whiteedge morning-glory
Ipomoea nil
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Genus
- Ipomoea
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Common names
By language (21)
- Assamese
- নীল কলমৌ
- Cantonese
- 牽牛花
- Chinese
- 牵牛花, 牽牛花, 喇叭花, 牵牛, 牵牛子, 牵牛（裂叶牵牛）, 红鬼笔, 裂叶牵牛
- English
- Whiteedge morning-glory, Ivy morning glory, Japanese morning glory, Morning glory, Picotee morning glory
- Finnish
- Keisarinelämänlanka
- French
- Ipomée du Japon, Ipomée du Nil, Le liseron fleur bleue, Étoile du matin
- German
- Blaue Prunkwinde, Prachtwinden
- Hausa
- Yako
- hsb
- Kejžorska wijawka
- Hungarian
- Japán hajnalka
- Indonesian
- Sri pagi Jepang
- Japanese
- アサガオ, ケンゴシ, 牽牛子, 牽牛花, 蕣
- Korean
- 나팔꽃, 모닝 글로리
- lzh
- 牽牛花
- Malayalam
- കൃഷ്ണബീജം
- Persian
- شکوه صبح ژاپنی
- Portuguese
- Glória da manhã
- Russian
- Ипомея нил
- Sundanese
- Areuy jotang bodas
- Swedish
- Kejsarvinda
- Vietnamese
- Bìm biếc
Synonyms
- Batatas setosa (Ker Gawl.) Lindl.
- Convolvuloides triloba Moench
- Convolvulus coelestis G.Forst.
- Convolvulus dillenii Desr.
- Convolvulus hederaceus L.
- Convolvulus hederifolius Salisb.
- Convolvulus lindleyi Steud.
- Convolvulus nil L.
- Convolvulus peruvianus Spreng.
- Convolvulus scaber (J.F.Gmel.) Colla
- Convolvulus tomentosus Vell.
- Convolvulus variifolius Steud.
- Gomphipus setosus (Ker Gawl.) Raf.
- Ipomoea bicolor Lam.
- Ipomoea caerulea Roxb.
- Ipomoea caerulescens Roxb.
- Ipomoea cuspidata Ruiz & Pav.
- Ipomoea dillenii Roem. & Schult.
- Ipomoea githaginea Hochst. ex A.Rich.
- Ipomoea hederacea var. integriuscula A.Gray
- Ipomoea hederacea var. limbata (Hook.f.) Benth.
- Ipomoea hederacea var. paichou J.R.Wu
- Ipomoea longicuspis Meisn.
- Ipomoea nil var. himalaica (Clarke) S.C.Johri
- Ipomoea nil var. limbata (Lindl.) Meisn.
- Ipomoea nil var. setosa (Ker Gawl.) Boerl.
- Ipomoea scabra Forssk.
- Ipomoea trichocalyx Steud.
- Ipomoea vaniotiana H.Lév.
- Pharbitis albomarginata Lindl. ex Hook.f.
- Pharbitis cuspidata G.Don
- Pharbitis dillenii G.Don
- Pharbitis forskoeli G.Don
- Pharbitis forskoelii G.Don
- Pharbitis limbata Lindl.
- Pharbitis nil (L.) Choisy
- Pharbitis nil var. paichou (J.R.Wu) J.R.Wu
- Pharbitis punctata G.Don
- Pharbitis scabra (Colla) G.Don
- Pharbitis speciosa Choisy
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: B.navez, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rolf Dietrich Brecher from Germany, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: そらみみ, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: そらみみ, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.