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Morning Glory

Ipomoea hederifolia

2 Species ID Suggestions

மயில் மாணிக்கம், Star Ipomoea,(cypress vine, cypressvine morning glory, cardinal creeper, cardinal vine, star glory or hummingbird vine
Ipomoea quamoclit மயில் மாணிக்கம், Star Ipomoea,(cypress vine, cypressvine morning glory, cardinal creeper, cardinal vine, star glory or hummingbird vine | Project Noah


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4 Comments

namitha
namitha 7 years ago

Really appreciate the time you took to keenly observe the sepals in identifying. That is indeed a really wonderful tip in plant id ing. Thank you very much.

Ron Kushner
Ron Kushner 7 years ago

The sepals (if you enlarge the photo) are consistent with I.hederifolia but not I.quamoclit.
The leaves are not finely divided as in I.quamoclit, but basically entire with some peripheral points.

namitha
namitha 9 years ago

Thank you very much Ron Kushner :)

namitha
namitha 10 years ago

Thank you very much Joseph. But,I think this morning glory is different, it had flat heart shaped leaves .Star ipomea have pinnate /needle like leaves. The link you shared also looks similar to this one. Can't say without seeing the leaves.

namitha
Spotted by
namitha

Kerala, India

Spotted on Nov 17, 2013
Submitted on Nov 19, 2013

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