Railroad Vine
Ipomoea pes-caprae
Railroad vine is a fast, salt- and drought-proof beach groundcover that races across dunes on long runners, dotted with pink-purple morning-glory flowers. A premier coastal dune stabilizer.
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Type
- vine
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–1 ft
- Spacing
- 10–30 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
- Bloom colors
- red
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- groundcover, erosion control
- Native states
- AL, FL, GA, HI, LA, MS, SC, TX
Related native plants
More Ipomoea species
- Moonflower (Ipomoea alba)
- Scarlet Morning Glory (Ipomoea hederifolia)
- Bush Morning Glory (Ipomoea leptophylla)