Ipomoea obscura
naturalizedConvolvulaceae

Ipomoea obscura

Obscure Morning Glory

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Ipomoea obscura, the obscure morning glory or small white morning glory, is a species of the genus Ipomoea. It is native to parts of Africa, Asia, and certain Pacific Islands, and it is present in other areas as an introduced species

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Seasonality
45 flowering · 3 fruiting annotations · iNaturalist · fetched Jul 2026
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flowering (peak November) fruiting (peak July)

This is an inference, not a schedule. The curve reflects when observers annotated flowering and fruiting — which tracks observer effort as well as plant behavior, and pools all elevations and islands into one signal. Hawaiʻi’s microclimates vary enormously; a species may fruit in January at sea level and June at elevation. Use this to know when to look, then look.

Gallery · 8 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 93 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 194 · GBIF 289 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 33 · GBIF 71
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 8 · GBIF 12
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 8 · GBIF 11
Kīlauea · KauaʻiiNat 9 · GBIF 8
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuiNat 8 · GBIF 8
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 11
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 7
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 8
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 7
Kalaoa 1-5 · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 6
Kalapakī · KauaʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 5
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 6
ʻEleʻele · KauaʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 5
Pāʻā · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 4
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 5
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 4
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 3
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 2
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2
Hāmākuapoko · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 3
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3
Kualoa 1 · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3
Kealakehe · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Paunau · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 3
Lāʻiewai · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 1
Papaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Hōʻaeʻae · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Wailuku · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 3
Pālāwai · LānaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Anahola · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Kuliʻouʻou · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Weliweli · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
South Olohena · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Nāpili 4-5 · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Kalauao · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Pūpūkea · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Honokōwai · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Nāpili 2-3 · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Honokōhau 1-3 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Punaluʻu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kahakuloa · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Honolua · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
ʻŌmaʻopio · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kawaipapa · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waiāhole · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Paeahu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kawaihāpai · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Keālia · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Launiupoko · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Paumalū · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Keawaʻula · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kalihi · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1