Morning glory
Morning glory is a family of common flowering plants known as Convolvulaceae which includes bindweed.
Behaviour
Most morning glory flowers curl up and close during the warm parts of the day, and are wide open in the morning, like their name. On a cloudy day, the flower may last until night. The flowers usually start to fade a few hours before the petals start curling. They prefer full sun throughout the day. Some morning glories - such as Ipomoea muricata - are night-blooming flowers.
Cooking uses
Ipomoea aquatica (known as "water spinach", "water morning-glory", "water convolvulus", "Ong-Choy", "Kang-kung", or "swamp cabbage") is used as a green vegetable.
Morning Glory Media
An unopened spiral bud of a morning glory flower, Ipomoea purpurea
'Blue Star', a cultivar of Ipomoea tricolor photographed in Haverhill, Massachusetts
Morning glory flower (Ipomoea purpurea)
Morning glory (Ipomoea cairica)
Blue morning glory (Ipomoea hederacea)
Blue and purple morning glory (Ipomoea purpurea)
A fully open pink morning glory (Ipomoea carnea)
Side view of a partially curled Ipomoea purpurea in early afternoon
