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moon flower
Ipomoea alba
Ipomoea alba
moon flower Morning-glory Family
Ipomoea alba Convolvulaceae
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common names
  moon flower
  tropical white morning-glory
  tropical white morningglory
accepted scientific name
  Ipomoea alba L.
rules for finding collection records
  Calonyction aculeatum (1)
  Ipomoea alba (73)
  Ipomoea bona-nox (3)
family name
  • Convolvulaceae
Image Author: ©2012 Zoya Akulova
Image License: CC BY-NC
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Category: Woody Vines
Flowers: Five petals, Bell shaped flowers, Tubular shaped flowers
Petal colors: color color
Flower size is 3.3 to 5.5 inches
Leaf: Alternate, Simple
Plant Observed All Year
Probably native to Mexico. Naturalized in Hawaii.

How Likely at this Location (18%)
Name Match (100%)
Plant Showiness (100%)
where plant found
mag select

Riparian
Disturbed
Rocky
Grassland
Forest
Wetland
Desert
grid lines base


Names

Accepted Scientific Name

Ipomoea alba   L.   (TSN: 30760, Index: 469)


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