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Convolvulaceae
Mauritanian convolvulus
Ipomoea mauritiana
Also known as Ipomoea loureiroi, Modesta insignis, Batatas paniculata, Ipomoea insignis var. pubescens
Tropical Plants · Native Plants · Ipomoea · Morning-Glory · Tropical · Climbing · Vine · Flowers · Twining · Greenhouse · Annual · Convolvulaceae
This tropical morning glory relative produces attractive funnel-shaped flowers and thrives in warm, humid conditions. Provide regular water and partial shade in hot climates, with support for its twining growth habit. Best grown in greenhouse conditions or as an annual in temperate zones.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water when top 2 inches of soil feel dry · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- sandy loam
- Soil pH
- 6–8
- Temperature
- 50°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 10a-11b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 10 ft – 20 ft
- Spread
- 10 ft
- Spacing
- 36 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Shallow
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I.
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds
Sources: trefle, usda
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