Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Ipomoea cairica
Common name
Coastal Morning Glory, Mile-a-minute, Five-leaved Morning Glory
Family
Convolvulaceae
Where found
Rainforest margins, urban bushland, woodland, gardens, fences, disturbed sites, coastal dunes, coastal cliffs, and along streams. Coastal.
Notes
Introduced perennial herb to 5 m or more high, with trailing and twining stems, rooting at the nodes. Can form a dense mat along the ground. Infestations can smother other vegetation. More or less hairless. Leaves alternating up the stems, 3-10 cm long, 30–100 mm wide, divided almost to the base with 5–8 narrow lobes, appearing compound. Flowers violet to purplish violet, or purple to pinkish-purple, with a darker centre, rarely white, funnel-shaped, 50–80 mm in diameter, with 5 lobes. Sepals free from each other. Flowers in 1-3-flowered clusters. Flowering throughout the year. Seeds poisonous.
General Biosecurity Duty all NSW.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Ipomoea~cairica (accessed 19 January, 2021)
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