Ipomoea pedicellaris (Morning Glory)

Native from Mexico to Honduras, this perennial liana has twining stems with a woody base and younger herbaceous growth. Leaves are broadly ovate with heart-shaped bases and may be entire or divided into three or five lobes. Axillary flower clusters carry purple funnel-shaped corollas, about 2 to 3.5 inches long, with slight hairiness near the petal tips. The outer sepals sometimes have wing-like projections near their bases. Brown, oval capsules contain a few seeds. It grows in seasonally dry tropical vegetation, including thornscrub and deciduous forest in Sonora, Mexico, where it flowers from September to November. Photographed in Colombia.