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Common Morning-Glory
Common Morning-Glory
Ipomoea purpurea
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Annual
Size
Medium
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Tropical forest
Range
Mexico and Central America
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Common

About

Common Morning-Glory is a tall, vine-like plant that grows in a variety of environments. These plants have long, thin stems that can grow up to 60 feet tall and have small, purple flowers that bloom in the morning.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Solanales
Family
Convolvulaceae
Genus
Ipomoea
Species
Ipomoea purpurea