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The blue or white flowers are pollinated by butterflies and bumblebees. The fruit is a four-valved capsule containing four seeds. [3] [4] [5] Species [1] Caryopteris forrestii Diels – Guizhou, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan; Caryopteris glutinosa Rehd. – Sichuan; Caryopteris incana (Thunb. ex Houtt.) Miq.
The peduncles or seed pods of Ipomoea muricata are consumed as a delicacy in the Indian state of Kerala. Peonidin , an anthocyanidin potentially useful as a food additive , is present in significant quantities in the flowers of the 'Heavenly Blue' morning glory cultivar .
Popular varieties in contemporary western cultivation include 'Sunspots', 'Heavenly Blue', moonflower, cypress vine, and cardinal climber. The cypress vine is a hybrid, with the cardinal climber as one parent. Many morning glories self-seed in the garden. They have a hard seed coat, which delays germination until late spring.
The corolla of the flower of Ipomoea violacea is white, distinguishing this species from Ipomoea tricolor, commonly called Heavenly Blue.It is sometimes mistaken for the cultivar Pearly Gates, the corolla of which is also white, probably because of its misleading Latin binomial name, Ipomoea violacea, "violacea" meaning purple.
In Ipomoea tricolor 'Heavenly Blue', the colour of the flower changes during blossom according to an increase in vacuolar pH. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ] This shift, from red to blue, is induced by chemical modifications affecting the anthocyanin molecules present in the petals.
Ipomoea indica [3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Convolvulaceae, known by several common names, including blue morning glory, oceanblue morning glory, koali awa, and blue dawn flower. It bears heart-shaped or three-lobed leaves and purple or blue funnel-shaped flowers 6–8 cm (2–3 in) in diameter, from spring to autumn .
Calystegia sepium (hedge bindweed, Rutland beauty, bugle vine, heavenly trumpets, bellbind, granny-pop-out-of-bed and many others) is a species of flowering plant in the family Convolvulaceae. It has a subcosmopolitan distribution throughout temperate regions of the North and South hemispheres.
Catananche caerulea, or Cupid's dart, is a greyish green perennial herbaceous plant with a basal leaf rosette and conspicuous blue-purple or sometimes white flowerheads, belonging to the daisy family. It is a popular garden plant and is often used in dried flower arrangements. [2] It is native to the Mediterranean region.