Ipomoea violacea (weed)

Ipomoea • Convolvulaceae (weeds) • Solanales (weeds) • Eudicotyledons • all weeds • pests-diseases-weeds

Ipomoea violacea (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s):Forest & Kim Starr
Source: Wikimedia Commons

Ipomoea violacea seeds (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Steve Hurst
Source: Wikimedia Commons

Ipomoea violacea L. - (beach moonflower)

This species of morning glory is widely distributed in the tropics around the world. It is often grown as an ornamental, but can be also weedy and invasive. I. violacea has white flowers in spite of the species name.

Synonyms:
Ipomoea macrantha

Publications covering Ipomoea violacea (weed)

Nematropica (2007) 37, 107-120
R. Kaur, J.A. Brito and J.R. Rich (2007)
Host suitability of selected weed species to five Meloidogyne species