Ipomoea violacea Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Ipomoea violacea is a species of
morning glory that occurs throughout the
tropics. The beauty of its flowers led horticulturalists to breed many new varieties, often with flowers showing striking patterns of bright colors, and bearing equally vivid names: Heavenly Blues, Flying Saucers, Pearly Gates and so on. These names proved eerily appropriate decades after they were invented, when the discovery of
ergoline alkaloids similar to
LSD in the seeds led to widespread experimentation and a massive surge in demand. In fact, the seeds had been used for centuries by many
Mexican cultures, and were known to the Aztecs as
tlitliltzin.
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