Japanese name: ヒメノアサガオ（姫野朝顔） Scientific name:Ipomoea obscura
[Overview]
A twining perennial.
The vine is slender, covered with white hairs, grows to about 1–2 m, and twines around other objects.
Leaves are alternate and simple, heart-shaped, 2–8 cm long and 1.6–8 cm wide, abruptly pointed at the tip, with fine hairs, and the leaf margin is entire.
The petiole is about 1.5–3 cm long.
Flowers are borne 1–3 at a time in the leaf axils and are funnel-shaped, 2.5 cm across.
The flowers are white to pale cream with a dark purple throat.
The fruit is an ovoid to spherical capsule with a pointed tip.
[History]
It was first collected on Yonaguni Island in the 1970s, and its naturalization has been confirmed in Okinawa.
