Erowid Morning Glory Vault : Bits & Pieces (Ipomaoea violacea)

Psychoactive Morning Glories

Bits & Pieces

by Erowid

The "Bits & Pieces" section is intended for random snippets of information which don't fit
easily elsewhere and/or which have been newly added, but not yet carefully categorized.

Nomenclature
There has been disagreement and confusion over the appropriate species name for psychoactive morning glories for more than 45 years. Both Schultes and Wasson referred to the heavenly blue species as Ipomoea violacea L. while others claim it is more appropriately Ipomoea tricolor Cav. An article by Der Marderosian from 1965 describes the source of the controversy, which continues today (2007). Different taxonomic databases categorize it differently (ex 1, ex 2). We have yet to see any definitive evidence that I. tricolor Cav. is the correct name, so we continue to use the traditional I. violacea.
Finnish names
Finnish common name is "elämänlanka" (string/thread of life). The blue are particularly "päivänsini" (day's blue).
Swedish names
In Swedish, the name is "blomman för dagen" - flower for (the) day. Name supposedly comes from the short-lived flowers.
Serbia & Montenegro names
The common name for the family Convolvulaceae is "ladolez".