Index / Search / Ipomoea purpurea
§1 Plant
Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth
vernacular tall morning-glory — species · Convolvulaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Convolvulaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Ipomoea
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- PR Puerto Rico Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 352 counties across 21 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 352 counties across 21 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 16 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 35 I ▾
- Barren 21009
- Bourbon 21017
- Bracken 21023
- Bullitt 21029
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Clark 21049
- Daviess 21059
- Fayette 21067
- Floyd 21071
- Graves 21083
- Greenup 21089
- Henry 21103
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Kenton 21117
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Madison 21151
- Marion 21155
- McCreary 21147
- Mercer 21167
- Montgomery 21173
- Ohio 21183
- Oldham 21185
- Owen 21187
- Pendleton 21191
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Union 21225
- Warren 21227
- Wolfe 21237
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 23 I ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Assumption 22007
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Concordia 22029
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Franklin 22041
- Lafayette 22055
- Lincoln 22061
- Morehouse 22067
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Sabine 22085
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- West Baton Rouge 22121
Maine view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 11 I ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 6 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 11 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 16 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 66 I ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alleghany 37005
- Anson 37007
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Cabarrus 37025
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Clay 37043
- Cleveland 37045
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Davidson 37057
- Davie 37059
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gaston 37071
- Gates 37073
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Hoke 37093
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lincoln 37109
- Madison 37115
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Mitchell 37121
- Montgomery 37123
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Orange 37135
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
- Watauga 37189
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
- Yancey 37199
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 20 I ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 84 I ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Isle of Wight 51093
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Tazewell 51185
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wythe 51197
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/IPPU2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2928576 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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