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{{SPlantbox
|familia=Convolvulaceae
|genus=Ipomoea
|species=indica
|taxo_author=(Burm.f.) Merr.
|common_name=oceanblue morning glory, blue morning glory, Blue Dawn-flower
|habit=vine-climber
|lifespan=perennial
|exposure=sun
|features=evergreen, flowers, naturalizes, invasive
|flowers=blue
|Temp Metric=°F
|jumpin=If this plant info box on watering; zones; height; etc. is mostly empty you can click on the edit tab and fill in the blanks!
|image=HeavenlyBlue10Aug2004BajaCalifornia.jpg
|image_width=240
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'''''Ipomoea indica''''' is a species of [[Ipomoea|morning glory]] known by several common names, including '''oceanblue morning glory''', '''blue morning glory''', '''koali awa''', and '''blue dawn flower'''. It is a tender perennial vine native to [[Hawaii|Hawai{{okina}}i]] and the [[New World]] tropics, but it can be found throughout the tropical and warm areas of the world as an [[introduced species]]. It has become an [[noxious weed|invasive species]] in both [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]]. It is cultivated in gardens and greenhouses for its large blue flowers.
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Ipomoea learii, Paxt. Blue Dawn-flower. St. a very rapid grower, often 30-40 ft. long, somewhat shrubby at the base: lvs. 3-6 in. long, cordate, acute, mostly entire or slightly 3-lobed, variable: fls. borne in clusters of 12- 30, opening in succession; corolla 4-5 in. broad, bell- shaped, deep lilac, sometimes dark purple with five lighter plaits. Very beautiful. Aug.-Oct. Tropics of both hemispheres; widespread. B.M. 3928 (as Pharbitis lean). B.R. 27:56 (as Pharbitis lean).—A magnificent species for the warmhouse, but not usually satisfactory outside, at least in the N. One plant is on record as producing 60,000 fls. at the rate of 300 a day. When grown in the open the fls. are likely to be an unattractive coppery purple. Thoroughly naturalized in S. Calif., and a most useful plant for covering waste places, enbankments, and the like.
Ipomoea learii, Paxt. Blue Dawn-flower. St. a very rapid grower, often 30-40 ft. long, somewhat shrubby at the base: lvs. 3-6 in. long, cordate, acute, mostly entire or slightly 3-lobed, variable: fls. borne in clusters of 12- 30, opening in succession; corolla 4-5 in. broad, bell- shaped, deep lilac, sometimes dark purple with five lighter plaits. Very beautiful. Aug.-Oct. Tropics of both hemispheres; widespread.—A magnificent species for the warmhouse, but not usually satisfactory outside, at least in the N. One plant is on record as producing 60,000 fls. at the rate of 300 a day. When grown in the open the fls. are likely to be an unattractive coppery purple. Thoroughly naturalized in S. Calif., and a most useful plant for covering waste places, enbankments, and the like.
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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