Ipomoea cairica
indigenousConvolvulaceae

Ipomoea cairica

Mile-a-minute vine

Indigenous (native)native

Native to Hawaiʻi and arrived without human help.

Ipomoea cairica is a species of morning glory which has many common names, including mile-a-minute vine, Messina creeper, Cairo morning glory, coast morning glory and railroad creeper. This vining perennial has palmate leaves and large, showy white to lavender flowers. Each fruit matures at about 1 cm across and contains hairy seeds.

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Seasonality

Only 4 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

Gallery · 8 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 59 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 173 · GBIF 169 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 36 · GBIF 33
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 32 · GBIF 26
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 9 · GBIF 8
Keʻanae · MauiiNat 12 · GBIF 4
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 10 · GBIF 5
Kaʻena · OʻahuiNat 9 · GBIF 5
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 6 · GBIF 8
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 3
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 4
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3
ʻŌlaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 3
Keahialaka · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2
Kula · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2
Kamoku · LānaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Keālia · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Kaluako‘i · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3
Kaʻā · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Aukuʻu · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Wailuku · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Kamananui · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2
ʻOʻōkala · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Makaweli · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Hāmākuapoko · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kahuku · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Weliweli · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waiawa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kalapana, Kupahua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Honopou · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kawaihāpai · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Haʻikū · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Pūpūkea · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kalalau · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1