Gold Coast
flora and fauna

A guide to the plants and animals that make our city one of the most biodiverse in Australia.
Phylum
MAGNOLIOPHYTA
Class
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
Family
CONVOLVULACEAE
Genus
Ipomoea
Species
cairica
Has fauna
False
Mapping

Common Name
Mile-a-minute
Alternate name
Coastal Morning Glory, Fine-leaf Morning Glory
Is historical
False
QLD
Naturalised
NSW
EPBC
APC
ROTAP
Comment
LGA significant
False
Stronghold population
False
Wildnet record
False
Museum listing
False
Introduced
True
Qld Census
True
Regionally significant/rationale
False
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
Abundance
Historical abundance
Endemicity
Overall distribution
Local distribution
Known location
Tallebudgera Valley
Other locality
Riparian dependent
False
Wetland dependent
False
Forest dependent
False
Hollow dependent
False
Terrestrial
True
Estuarine
False
Marine
False
General ecology
Unspecified coastal dune, beach dune, recent coastal dune, low dune, coastal sandhill.
Specific ecology
Habitat
Rainforest
Habitat comment
Threats
Management
Community type
Forest, Woodland (unspecified), open forest, open woodland
Migratory
False
Migration notes
Feeding status
Feeding strategy
Feeding substrate
Diet
Reproduction
Spread by wind, water and vegetative spread.
Breeding season
Active period
Active season
Social group
Behaviour
Range
Biology
Growth form
Vine
Description
Perennial trailing or climbing vine to 5m. Stems hairless, readily set roots when in touch with the earth. Leaves hairless to 9cm long with 5–7 lobes, middle lobe the largest. Flowers purple, pink or whitish pink, to 8cm across, solitary or in groups of 2–3. Fruit a 4-valved capsule, about 1cm across, each valve with 1 seed. Seed with wispy hairs attached.
Taxonomy Comments
Species comments
Citations