English: Beach Morning glory.
German: Ziegenfussprunkwinde.
Names: Ipomoea pes-caprica; Koali’awa; Pohuehue.
Region: naturalized in Australia, worldwide.
Habitat: tropics.
Use: ornamental.
Source: Christina Ari.
BotanyHerb; vine; carpets the ground and smothers shrubs and small trees.
leaves: leathery, fragile, heart-shaped, smooth.
Flowers: funnel-shaped; purple-blue in the morning, pale pink in the afternoon and fall apart; hundreds of fragile flowers each day.
Fruits: spherical capsules; with four dark brown seeds.