Psychoactive Morning Glories
Bits & Pieces
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.
easily elsewhere and/or which have been newly added, but not yet carefully categorized.
- NomenclatureThere 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 namesFinnish common name is "elämänlanka" (string/thread of life). The blue are particularly "päivänsini" (day's blue).
- Swedish namesIn Swedish, the name is "blomman för dagen" - flower for (the) day. Name supposedly comes from the short-lived flowers.
- Serbia & Montenegro namesThe common name for the family Convolvulaceae is "ladolez".