Morning Glory

Wild morning glory (Calystegia macrostegia) is a native vine that twists its stems around and among the plants of the coastal sage scrub and chaparral, or twines itself together into a flower sprinkled carpet. The bright green arrow- shaped leaves and showy white trumpet-shaped flowers decorate the most nondescript vegetation.

Morning glory is a showy vine of bright white cheerful-looking trumpet-shaped blooms with a long summer flowering time. Blooming typically occurs from March to August. The Chumash gave wild morning glory the not-so-descriptive but thought-provoking name of s’epsu”i’ashk’a’, which means “Coyote’s basket-hat”.