Dwarf Morning Glory
Evolvulus nuttallianus
12
Modest
Native to Arkansas. How scores work Is it native here?
Profile 82%
- Height
- Up to about 8 inches
- Spread
- 1–1.5 feet
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Soil moisture
- Average
Space about 1 ft apart from its recorded spread, about 100 per 100 sq ft. Enter your bed size for a count
Will it fit your yard?
At a glance
- Life cycle
- Perennial
Not yet recorded · Leaves · Bloom
This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.
Recorded in 11 Arkansas counties.
Ecological relationships
Who uses this plant?
1BeesSoutheastern regional records
Southeastern regional records · Evolvulus
Individual names are not available yet.
Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects
Growing and identification
Plant details
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Hardiness
- Zones 4–10
- Flower color
- Blue or purple
What its natural habitat tells you
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Growing sources and scope
- Flower color · “Blue or purple” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Hardiness · “Zones 4–10” · Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder
- Height · “Up to about 8 inches” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (ranked first; Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder differs)
- Life cycle · “Perennial” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Light · “Full sun to part shade” · Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder
- Soil · “Medium” · Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder
- Spread · “1–1.5 feet” · Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder
Conservation status
| Arkansas rank | S3 |
|---|---|
| Global rank | Not available |
| AR status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
In your garden
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Sources
- Atlas of the Vascular Plants of Arkansas (2013)
- Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), South Central edition
- NatureServe Explorer
- Arkansas occurrence source
- Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
- Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
- Narango, Tallamy & Shropshire 2020, Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Nature Communications

