Grannyvine
Ipomoea tricolor Cav.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 2.7 m
- wide
- 1.4 m
Convolvulaceae
Also called Ololiuqui or Mexican Morning Glory, Tlitliltzin
Formerly Convolvulus rubrocaeruleus, Convolvulus venustus, Ipomoea rubrocaerulea, Pharbitis rubrocaerulea, and 1 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Climbing annualKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- MexicoKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 2.4 m to 3.0 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 91 cm to 1.8 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, pink, purple, blueRead from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (6)
- German
- Himmelblaue Prunkwinde
- Estonian
- Kolmevärviline lehtertapp, Lilla lehtertapp
- Finnish
- Kirjopäivänsini, päivänsini
- Japanese
- アメリカソライロアサガオ, セイヨウアサガオ, ソライロアサガオ
- Swedish
- Blomman för dagen
- Chinese
- 三色牵牛
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Ipomoea tricolor (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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