Ipomoea cairica
Common name: Coast Morning Glory
Ipomoea is from the Greek words ipos, being a type of worm, and homoios, meaning resembling. Cairica is from the Latin word cairicus, meaning of or from Cairo, Egypt.
Occurs in coastal areas of Australia. Also occurs inland in eastern Australia.
A climber with stems many metres long. The purple flowers are produced for most of the year.
This species is originally from the tropical areas of Asia and Africa.
Western Australian Plant Names and their Meanings, a Glossary. FA Sharr. Third edition 2019.
Western Weeds, A Guide to the Weeds of Western Australia. BMJ Hussey, GJ Keighery, J Dodd, SG Lloyd, RD Cousens. 1997.
Flora of the Perth Region. NG Marchant, JR Wheeler, BL Rye, EM Bennett, NS Lander, TD Macfarlane. 1987.
Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2897935
Florabase https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/6620