Convolvulaceae
Beach moonflower
Ipomoea violacea
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Genus
- Ipomoea
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Common names
By language (10)
- arz
- ايبومويا فيولاسيا
- Catalan
- Meravelles, Meravella
- Chinese
- 管花薯, 圓萼天茄兒, 长管牵牛, 圆萼天茄儿
- English
- Beach moonflower, Sea moonflower
- Haitian Creole
- Lyann dous
- Italian
- Ipomea violacea
- Japanese
- キバナハマヒルガオ
- Russian
- Morning glory, Утреннее сияние
- Spanish
- Badoh negro, Ipomea, Ololiuhqui, Semillas de la virgen
- Tongan
- Thunbergia fragrans
Synonyms
- Calonyction comespermum Bojer
- Calonyction grandiflorum Choisy
- Calonyction jacquinii G.Don
- Calonyction macranthum (Schult.) Lem.
- Calonyction muticum Decne.
- Calonyction tuba (Schltdl.) Colla
- Convolvulus catharticus Blanco
- Convolvulus grandiflorus Jacq.
- Convolvulus longiflorus Spreng.
- Convolvulus muticus (Decne.) Steud.
- Convolvulus tuba Schltdl.
- Ipomoea comosperma Drake
- Ipomoea glaberrima Bojer ex Hook.
- Ipomoea macrantha Roem. & Schult.
- Ipomoea tuba (Schltdl.) G.Don
- Pharbitis violacea (L.) Bojer
- Tereietra violacea Raf.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Pacific Basin: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Tauʻolunga, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Vishal soni, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: bruneau.pi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Maxime Grn, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Quentin Macilray, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: hugues Cadet, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: prasadnayak2002, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Frédéric Dupont, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.