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Ipomoea alba L.
Common moonflowers, Moonflowers

Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley

Family: Convolvulaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Vine

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Southeastern United States, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America, South America and the Old World.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Secure

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: Visit our Natives For Your Neighborhood website for more information and images.

Synonyms: I. bonanox.

Other data on Ipomoea alba available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Ipomoea alba has been found in the following 99 conservation areas :
Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Bahia Honda State Park	Present	Native
Big and Little George Hammocks	Present	Native
Big Cypress National Preserve	Present	Native
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park	Present	Native
Biscayne National Park	Present	Native
Biscayne National Park, Florida Keys Section	Present	Native
Black Point Park and Marina	Present	Native
Blazing Star Preserve	Present	Native
Blowing Rocks Preserve	Present	Native
Blue Heron Hammock, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Bocilla Preserve	Present	Native
Bonair Beach Parcel, Martin County	Present	Native
Caloosahatchee Creeks Preserve	Present	Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer	Present	Native
Cape Romano - Ten Thousand Islands Aquatic Preserve	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock parcel 31	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock Park	Present	Native
Cayo Costa State Park	Present	Native
Cedar Point Environmental Park	Present	Native
Chapman Field Park	Present	Native
Coconut Creek Maple Swamp Natural Area	Present	Native
Collier-Seminole State Park	Present	Native
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary	Present	Native
Crandon Park	Present	Native
Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Curry Hammock State Park	Present	Native
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park	Present	Native
Deering Estate at Cutler	Present	Native
Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park	Present	Native
Don Pedro Island State Park	Present	Native
Doris Davis Forman Wilderness Preserve Natural Area	Present	Native
Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park	Present	Native
Dry Tortugas National Park	Present	Native
Dupuis Reserve	Present	Native
Enchanted Forest Park	Present	Native
Everglades and Francis S. Taylor Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Everglades National Park	Present	Native
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Fern Forest Nature Center	Present	Native
Fisheating Creek Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Frog Pond/L-31 N Transition Lands	Present	Native
Fuchs Hammock Preserve	Present	Native
Gasparilla Island State Park	Present	Native
Greynolds Park	Present	Native
Halpatiokee Regional Park	Present	Native
Harden Hammock	Present	Native
Hattie Bauer Hammock	Present	Native
Highland Oaks Park	Present	Native
Hillsboro Pineland Natural Area	Present	Native
Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Holiday Hammock	Present	Native
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park	Present	Native
J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
John D. MacArthur Beach State Park	Present	Native
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park	Present	Native
Jonathan Dickinson State Park	Present	Native
Juno Dunes Natural Area	Present	Native
Kendall Indian Hammocks Park	Present	Native
Kendalwood	Present	Native
Key West National Wildlife Refuge	Possibly Extirpated	Possibly Extirpated
Lake Okeechobee Marshes	Present	Native
Lake Okeechobee Ridge	Present	Native
Larry and Penny Thompson Park	Possibly Extirpated	Possibly Extirpated
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park	Present	Native
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park, Klopp Tract	Present	Native
Little Hamaca Park	Reported
Long Key Natural Area & Nature Center	Present	Native
Long Key State Park	Present	Native
Loveland Hammock	Present	Native
Ludlam Pineland	Present	Native
Matanzas Pass Preserve	Present	Native
Matheson Hammock Park	Present	Native
Milton E. Thompson Park	Present	Native
National Key Deer Refuge	Possibly Extirpated	Possibly Extirpated
Navy Wells Pineland 23	Present	Native
Ocean Ridge Hammock Park	Present	Native
Oleta River State Park	Present	Native
Pal-Mar Natural Area	Present	Native
Peck Lake Park	Present	Native
Pine Island Ridge Natural Area	Present	Native
Porter-Russell Pineland	Present	Native
Red Reef Park, including Gumbo Limbo Nature Center	Assumed to be Present	Native
Rock Pit 34	Present	Native
Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve	Present	Native
Rotenberger Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
San Carlos Bay - Bunche Beach Preserve	Present	Native
Seabranch Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Secret Woods Nature Center	Present	Native
Simpson Park	Present	Native
Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve	Present	Native
St. Lucie Inlet Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Stump Pass Beach State Park	Present	Native
Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Tree Tops Park	Present	Native
Warbler Wetland Natural Area	Present	Native
West Biscayne Pineland	Present	Native
Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park	Assumed to be Present	Native

	Occurrence	Native Status
Ipomoea alba has been found in the following 9 counties :
Broward County		Native
Collier County		Native
Hendry County		Native
Lee County		Native
Martin County		Native
Miami-Dade County		Native
Monroe County (Keys)		Native
Monroe County (Mainland)		Native
Palm Beach County		Native