Calystegia purpurata

Morning glory

Family: Convolvulaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Morning glory is a California native perennial vine found in coastal and central California regions in coastal scrub, chaparral, and grassland habitats. Flowering from April to September, this plant produces white to cream flowers with purple striping, often 4 to 5 centimeters long with a trumpet-like shape. Growing with trailing or strongly climbing stems up to 7 meters long, it develops from a woody underground base. Its triangular to kidney-shaped leaves are 1.5 to 5 centimeters wide, with distinctive spreading lobes that have two or three tips and a V-shaped or nearly closed base. The plant's delicate, climbing stems and uniquely shaped leaves make it a characteristic feature of California's coastal landscapes.

California counties: Ventura, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Nevada, Solano, Marin, Napa, Santa Clara, Sonoma, Monterey, San Mateo, Mendocino, Yolo, Lake, Sutter, San Luis Obispo, Los Angeles, Contra Costa, Humboldt, San Francisco, San Benito, Merced, Alameda, San Diego, Placer

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.