Brazilian Morning-glory

Ipomoea setosa

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Not native

Not native to Florida. How scores work Is it native here?

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At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

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Recorded in 1 Florida county.

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

59CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including FL

Genus host records with ranges including FL · Ipomoea

Adaina ipomoeaeIpomoea Plume Moth
Agrius cingulataPink-Spotted Hawkmoth, Sweet Potatoe Caterpillar
Agrotis gladiariaSwordsman Dart, Clay-Backed Cut-Worm
Agrotis ipsilonIpsilon Dart, Black Cutworm, Greasy Cutworm
Amyna strictaEight-Spot Moth
Anomis flavaTropical Anomis Moth
Argyrotaenia ivanaIvana Leafroller Moth
Bedellia minorFlorida Morning-Glory Leafminer Moth
Chloridea virescensTobacco Budworm Moth
Chrysodeixis includensSoybean Looper Moth

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Elaphria chalcedoniaChalcedony Midget
Elophila obliteralisWaterlily Leafcutter Moth
Emmelina busckiSouthern Morning-Glory Plume Moth
Emmelina monodactylaMorning-Glory Plume Moth
Eublemma rectaStraight-Lined Seed Moth
Euptoieta claudiaVariegated Fritillary, (?)Gulf Fritillary
Euzophera semifuneralisAmerican Plum Borer
Feltia herilisMaster's Dart
Feltia jaculiferaDingy Cutworm
Feltia repletaReplete Dart
Feltia subterraneaSubterranean Dart, Granulate Cutworm
Hahncappsia mancalisCommon Hahncappsia
Helicoverpa zeaCorn Earworm Moth
Herpetogramma fluctuosalisGreater Sweetpotato Webworm
Herpetogramma thestealisZigzag Herpetogramma, Subtle-Feathered Grass Moth
Hydriris ornatalisOrnate Hydriris
Hyles lineataWhite-Lined Sphinx
Hypena scabraGreen Cloverworm Bomolocha, Black Snout
Junonia neildiMangrove Buckeye
Lascoria ambigualisAmbiguous Moth, Ambiguous Litter Moth
Lygropia tripunctataSweet Potato Leaf Roller
Marimatha nigrofimbriaBlack-Bordered Lemon
Marimatha tripunctaThree-Spotted Lemon
Megalopyge opercularisSouthern Flannel Moth, Puss Caterpillar
Mythimna unipunctaArmyworm Moth, White Speck
Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-Marked Tussock Moth
Ostrinia obumbratalisSmartweed Borer
Papilio troilusSpicebush Swallowtail
Patania silicalisHerbivorous Patania, Herbivorous Pleuroptya
Polygrammodes elevataRed-Spotted Sweetpotato Moth
Proxenus mirandaMiranda Moth, Glistening Rustic
Schizura ipomaeaeMorning-Glory Prominent, Checkered-Fringe Prominent
Spilosoma virginicaVirginian Tiger Moth, Yellow Woolybear Moth, Yellow Bear
Spodoptera dolichosSweetpotato Armyworm, Dolichos Armyworm, Large Cotton Armyworm
Spodoptera eridaniaSouthern Armyworm Moth
Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
Spodoptera latifasciaOrange-Striped Armyworm, Velvet Armyworm Moth
Spodoptera ornithogalliYellow-Striped Armyworm Moth, Cotton Cutworm
Spoladea recurvalisHawaiian Beet Webworm
Spragueia damaSouthern Spragueia
Syntomeida ipomoeaeYellow-Banded Wasp Moth
Udea rubigalisCelery Leaftier
Vanessa carduiPainted Lady, Cosmopolite
Cosmopterix astrapias
Cosmopterix gemmiferella
Microthyris anormalis
Microthyris lelex
Pebops ipomoeae
Syntomeida syntomoides

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

—BeesSoutheastern regional records

3Specialist beesPollen specialists

Pollen specialists · Ipomoea

Melitoma grisella
Melitoma marginella
Melitoma taurea

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

2BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Ipomoea

Columbina passerinaCommon Ground Dove
Cyrtonyx montezumaeMontezuma Quail

Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: Convolvulaceae

What its natural habitat tells you

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Conservation status

Florida rank	SNA
Global rank	Not available
FL status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source

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