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Ipomoea cairica
About
Ipomoea cairica is a vining, herbaceous, perennial plant with palmate leaves and large, showy white to lavender flowers. A species of morning glory, it has many common names, including mile-a-minute vine, Messina creeper, Cairo morning glory, coast morning glory and railroad creeper. The species name cairica translates to "from Cairo", the city where this species was first collected.
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Ipomoea cairica
- Slug
- ipomoea-cairica
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Genus
- Ipomoea
- Species
- cairica
- Wikidata QID
- Q311175
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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