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Each value Trefle shows for Ipomoea purpurea, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced5 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded10 Not on the record1 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(L.) Roth	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Bot. Abh. Beobacht.: 27 (1787)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1787	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Common morning-glory	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Trop. & Subtrop. America	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	231 cm	231 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 866, 918	Sourced
Biological type	therophyte	therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 918	Sourced
Flower color	purple	blue, white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 882	Differs from sources
Fruit shape	capsule	capsule · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 882	Sourced
Growth habit	Vine, Forb/herb	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Inflorescence type	empty	solitary · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	annual	annual · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 110, 882, 918	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 445	Sourced

Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth, 1787 22% complete

Common morning-glory

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