Plants Profile for Ipomoea alba (tropical white morning-glory)

General Information
Symbol:	IPAL
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Convolvulaceae
Duration:	Annual
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb Vine
Native Status:	HI I L48 N PR N VI N
Data Source and Documentation

	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

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Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
CAAC8	Calonyction aculeatum (L.) House
IPBO	Ipomoea bona-nox L.

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Solanales
Family	Convolvulaceae – Morning-glory family
Genus	Ipomoea L. – morning-glory
Species	Ipomoea alba L. – tropical white morning-glory

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Noxious Weed Information
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.
Arizona Ipomoea morning glory Prohibited noxious weed ¹
Arkansas Ipomoea morning glory Noxious weed
¹all species except Ipomoea carnea, Mexican bush morning glory, I. triloba, three-lobed morning glory, and I. arborescens, morning glory tree

U.S. Weed Information
Ipomoea Ipomoea alba tropical white morningglory This plant and the related entity italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
STATE	Assorted authors. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
HEAR	USDI, Geological Survey. 1999. Information index for selected alien plants in Hawaii (20 October 2003). Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk Project, Biological Resources Division, Haleakala Field Station. Makawao, Hawaii.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

Top Level Regions
Caribbean	FACW
Hawaii	FAC

North America
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	FAC
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	FAC
Great Plains	FAC
Midwest	FAC