Ipomoea pes-caprae
indigenousConvolvulaceae

Ipomoea pes-caprae

Beach Morning Glory

Indigenous (native)native

Native to Hawaiʻi and arrived without human help.

Ipomoea pes-caprae, also known as bayhops, bay-hops, beach morning glory or goat's foot, is a common pantropical creeping vine belonging to the family Convolvulaceae. It grows on the upper parts of beaches and endures salted air. It is one of the most common and most widely distributed salt tolerant plants and provides one of the best known examples of oceanic dispersal. Its seeds float and are unaffected by salt water.

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Seasonality
72 flowering · 0 fruiting annotations · iNaturalist · fetched Jul 2026
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■ flowering (peak August)■ fruiting (peak January)

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.

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Where documented · 91 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 182 · GBIF 264 records
Hōnaunau · HawaiʻiiNat 14 · GBIF 15 ✓
Kamaʻole · MauiiNat 11 · GBIF 17 ✓
Honokōhau 1-3 · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 13 ✓
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 12 ✓
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 7 · GBIF 12 ✓
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 8 · GBIF 9 ✓
Paeahu · MauiiNat 8 · GBIF 9 ✓
ʻOʻoma 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 7 ✓
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 8 · GBIF 6 ✓
Pololū · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 8 ✓
Hanakaʻōʻō · MauiiNat 7 · GBIF 6 ✓
Paunau · MauiiNat 5 · GBIF 5 ✓
Pāʻā · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 6 ✓
Waiohuli · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 6 ✓
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 5 ✓
Honokōwai · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 5 ✓
Makalawena · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 5 ✓
Lāʻiewai · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
Wailuku · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 6 ✓
Papaʻanui · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kēōkea · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Waikapū · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Hauʻula · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kaʻūpūlehu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 4 ✓
Nānākuli · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Hāmākuapoko · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiheʻe · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
ʻAnaehoʻomalu · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Mahaiʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Keawaʻula · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kaʻonoʻulu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Ulupehupehu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kohanaiki · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Puʻuanahulu · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pūlehunui · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Launiupoko · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
ʻŌuli · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kawaihae 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hāʻena · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Weliweli · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honokahua · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Puʻuwaʻawaʻa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahanahāiki · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Awakeʻe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalihikai · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Nāmāhana · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓