genus
Morning-glories
Ipomoea
Field notes
Children 24 of 79
- Common Morning-glory introduced
- Oceanblue Morning Glory present
- Beach Morning Glory native
- Tievine native
- Mile-a-minute Vine introduced
- Wild Potato Vine native
- Sweet Potato introduced
- Ivy-leaved Morning-glory native
- Littlebell introduced
- Obscure Morning Glory introduced
- White Morning-glory native
- Cypress Vine introduced
- Bush Morning Glory present
- Beach Morning-glory native
- Moonflower native
- Scarlet Creeper native
- Japanese Morning Glory native
- Saltmarsh Morning-glory native
- Water Morning Glory present
- Red Morning Glory native
- Garden Morning Glory present
- trans-Pecos Morning-glory native
- Tripleleaf Morning-glory native
- Lindheimer's Morning Glory native
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native morning-glories All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Moonflower
Ipomoea alba
caterpillars
8
bees
4
hosts
3
food
6
flowers
22
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Wild Potato Vine
Ipomoea pandurata
caterpillars
7
bees
5
hosts
3
food
7
flowers
44
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White Morning-glory
Ipomoea lacunosa
caterpillars
6
bees
5
hosts
3
food
6
flowers
22
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Scarlet Creeper
Ipomoea hederifolia
caterpillars
6
bees
4
hosts
3
food
8
flowers
25
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Red Morning Glory
Ipomoea coccinea
caterpillars
6
bees
1
hosts
2
food
5
flowers
16
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Tievine
Ipomoea cordatotriloba
caterpillars
5
bees
4
hosts
3
food
6
flowers
31
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Saltmarsh Morning-glory
Ipomoea sagittata
caterpillars
5
bees
4
hosts
3
food
5
flowers
20
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Beach Morning Glory
Ipomoea pes-caprae
caterpillars
4
bees
4
hosts
3
food
5
flowers
20
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Beach Morning-glory
Ipomoea imperati
caterpillars
4
bees
3
hosts
3
food
5
flowers
17
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Beach Moonflower
Ipomoea violacea
caterpillars
4
bees
2
hosts
3
food
5
flowers
14
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Largeroot Morning-glory
Ipomoea macrorhiza
caterpillars
3
bees
2
hosts
3
food
5
flowers
13
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Lindheimer's Morning Glory
Ipomoea lindheimeri
caterpillars
3
bees
2
hosts
2
food
7
flowers
22
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Cliff Morning-glory
Ipomoea rupicola
caterpillars
3
bees
2
hosts
2
food
5
flowers
13
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Bush Morning-glory
Ipomoea leptophylla
caterpillars
3
bees
1
hosts
2
food
4
flowers
16
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Crestrib Morning-glory
Ipomoea costellata
caterpillars
3
hosts
2
food
7
flowers
21