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Ipomoea purpurea (Common Morning Glory). 

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid I > Order: Solanales > Family: Convolvulaceae > Genus: Ipomoea

Ipomoea purpurea (Common morning glory)

Ipomoea purpurea (Common morning glory), Kirstenbosch, Cape Town. [photo: Hamish Robertson]

Originates from Tropical America. Common garden and roadside weed in South Africa.

Herbivores

Aspidomorpha tecta (Fool's Gold Beetle)

Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae (Leaf beetles): Cassidinae (tortoise beetles)

   

Conchyloctenia punctata (Spotted Tortoise Beetle)

Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae (Leaf beetles): Cassidinae (tortoise beetles)