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Family Convolvulaceae
Morning Glory Family
HAWAII - ENDEMIC
Jacquemontia ovalifolia
subsp. sandwicensis 
PA'UOHI'IAKA
| Small trailing vine abundant on dry rocky coasts & cliffs. Plants may be
shiny or covered with dense silver hairs. Flower 0.75 inch wide. Endemic Hawaiian
subspecies. J. ovalifolia ovalifolia occurs in Mexico, the
Caribbean, Africa. |
HAWAII - INDIGENOUS
Ipomoea pes-caprae
BEACH MORNING GLORY POHUEHUE
| Large trailing vine common on sandy beaches. Orbicular leaves are
thick and shiny. Flower 3 inches wide. Indigenous to Hawaii
& the tropics worldwide. |
Ipomoea imperati
HUNAKAI
| Short trailing vine uncommon on beaches & dunes. Two
inch-wide flowers are pale yellow with darker center.
Thick waxy leaves have a variety of shapes on the same plant.
Indigenous to Hawaii & the tropics worldwide. |
Ipomoea littoralis
Kaupo, Waimanalo, Oahu |
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MORNING GLORY KOALI 'AWA
| Large trailing vine uncommon in dry coasts & lowlands. Flowers 3 inches
wide, lavender or pinkish-purple, darker within tube. Leaves thin
or fleshy lacking hairs. Indigenous to continental coasts &
islands of the Pacific & Indian Oceans. |
Ipomoea indica
INDIAN MORNING GLORY KOALI 'AWA
| Large climbing vine common in dry disturbed lowlands. Flower 3 inches
wide, light blue or purple with white tube, rarely all white.
Heart-shaped leaves densely pubescent. Used medicinally by
Hawaiians. Indigenous to Hawaii & the tropics worldwide. |
Ipomoea cairica
IVY-LEAVED MORNING GLORY KOALI 'AI
| Large climbing or trailing vine locally common in dry rocky disturbed
coastal lowlands. Flower 3 inches
wide, bluish-purple or white with purple center. Palmate
leaves are glossy. Tropics worldwide, either indigenous or
naturalized in Hawaii. |
Merremia aegyptia
HAIRY MORNING GLORY KOALI KUA HULU
| Common climbing vine in dry disturbed lowlands. Flower 1.5 inches
wide, stems covered by soft brown hairs. Palmate leaves thin with
impressed veins. Tropics worldwide, either indigenous or
naturalized in Hawaii. |
HAWAII - POLYNESIAN
INTRODUCTION
Ipomoea batatas
UH Manoa Campus, Oahu |
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SWEET POTATO VINE
'UALA
| Native vine from South America widely cultivated in warm regions
worldwide. Sweet tuberous roots are an important food & feed
crop. Leaves & shoots are also eaten. First introduced
to Hawaii by Polynesian settlers and grown in hillside
terraces. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_potato |
HAWAII - NATURALIZED
Ipomoea obscura
Koko Crater, Oahu
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Bellows AFB, Waimanalo, Oahu |
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WHITE MORNING GLORY
| Small vine of dry disturbed lowlands. Flowers 1 - 1.5 inches
wide, white (rarely yellow or orange) with pale yellow nectar guides, purple center. Native to Tropical Africa through Asia,
east to Fiji. |
Ipomoea ochracea
YELLOW MORNING GLORY
| Small vine of mesic disturbed lowlands. Flowers 1.5 - 2 inches
wide, yellow with purple center. Native to Tropical Africa. |
Ipomoea triloba
LITTLE BELL
| Small vine of dry & mesic disturbed lowlands. Flowers 0.75
inches wide. Leaves entire to deeply lobed, with toothed or entire
margins. Native to the West Indies. |
Ipomoea alba
MOON FLOWER KOALI PEHU
| Large vine of disturbed mesic lowlands. Night-blooming flowers 4
inches wide, tube 6 inches long, outer calyx lobes with elongate tip. Leaves
thin. Native to Mexico. |
HAWAII - CULTIVATED
Ipomoea horsfalliae
PRINCE KUHIO VINE, HORSFALL'S MORNING GLORY
| Ornamental vine from Tropical South America & the Caribbean. |
Ipomoea sp.
Kula, Maui |
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MORNING GLORY
| Ornamental vines without confirmed ID. |
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