Convolvulaceae
Tall morning-glory
Ipomoea purpurea
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Genus
- Ipomoea
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Common names
By language (31)
- Arabic
- أثمان أرجواني, لوى ارجواني
- Armenian
- Իպոմեա խոշորածաղիկ
- arz
- اثمان ارجوانى
- Azerbaijani
- Al-qırmızı ipomeya
- Belarusian
- Іпамея пурпуровая
- Bulgarian
- Лилаво грамофонче
- Chinese
- 圆叶牵牛, 圓葉牽牛, 紫花牽牛, 喇叭花, 牵牛花, 紫花牵牛, 圆叶牵牛（毛牵牛）, 牵牛子
- Czech
- Povijnice nachová
- Dutch
- Dagwinde
- English
- Tall morning-glory
- Esperanto
- Purpura ipomeo
- Finnish
- Aitoelämänlanka
- French
- Volubilis, Ipomaea purpurea
- Galician
- Gloria da mañá
- German
- Purpur-Prunkwinde, Prunkwinde
- Hungarian
- Kerti hajnalka
- Indonesian
- Sri pagi ungu
- Japanese
- マルバアサガオ
- Malayalam
- ഇപ്പോമോയ പർപൂറിയ
- Nepali
- पुतली फूल
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Purpurpraktvindel
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Purpurpraktvindel
- Persian
- نیلوفر ارغوانی
- Polish
- Wilec purpurowy
- Russian
- Ипомея пурпурная, Ипомея обыкновенная, Ипомея пурпуровая, Кручёный паныч, Кудрявые панычи, Утренняя слава обыкновенная
- Serbian
- Украсни слак
- Spanish
- Gloria de la mañana, Manto de Maria, Manto de María
- Swedish
- Purpurvinda
- Ukrainian
- Кручені паничі пурпурові, Повій звичайний, Іпомея пурпурова
- Vietnamese
- Bìm tía
- Welsh
- Tegwch y bore
Synonyms
- Convolvuloides leucosperma Moench
- Convolvuloides purpurea (L.) Moench
- Convolvulus eriocaulos Willd.
- Convolvulus glandulifer Spreng.
- Convolvulus hirsutulus (J.Jacq.) Colla
- Convolvulus intermedius Roem. & Schult.
- Convolvulus purpureus L.
- Diatrema purpurea (L.) Raf.
- Ipomoea affinis M.Martens & Galeotti
- Ipomoea chanetii H.Lév.
- Ipomoea glandulifera Ruiz & Pav.
- Ipomoea hirsutula J.Jacq.
- Ipomoea hispida Zuccagni
- Ipomoea intermedia Schult.
- Ipomoea mexicana A.Gray
- Ipomoea pilosissima M.Martens & Galeotti
- Ipomoea purpurea f. triloba Meisn.
- Ipomoea purpurea var. diversifolia (Lindl.) O'Donell
- Ipomoea purpurea var. purpurea
- Ipomoea wattii C.B.Clarke
- Ipomoea zuccagnii Roem. & Schult.
- Pharbitis diversifolius Lindl.
- Pharbitis githaginea Hochst. ex Choisy
- Pharbitis hispida (Zuccagni) Choisy
- Pharbitis nil var. diversifolia (Lindl.) Choisy
- Pharbitis purpurea Voigt
- Pharbitis purpurea Lunell
Flowers
- In flower
- April, July to November (from 3,426 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: M. Whitson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: robinlanark, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tom Lazar, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Karla M. Benítez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ian Wolfe, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sol Quipildor, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Original uploader was PiccoloNamek at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marianne Cornelissen-Kuyt, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: musicinmybrain, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Carlos Martorell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.