Shattil & Rozinski / Morning glory {Ipomoea sp} inside flower close-up, USA

Patricio Robles Gil / Cardon (Pachycereus pringlei) cactus and flowering Common Morning Glory (Ipomoea purpurea) vines in the Miquihuana Desert, northeast Mexico

Pete Oxford / Morning Glory (Convolvulaceae) in bloom, Hongryn Eels, Gobi Desert, Mongolia

Pete Oxford / Morning Glory (Convolvulaceae) in bloom, Hongryn Eels, Gobi Desert, Mongolia

Pete Oxford / Beach Morning-Glory (Ipomoea Pes-caprae) in flower. Pez Maya, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.

Angelo Gandolfi / Sea Bindweed / Beach Morning Glory (Calystegia soldanella) in flower on sandy sea shore, Italy, May

Angelo Gandolfi / Sea Bindweed / Beach Morning Glory (Calystegia soldanella) in flower on sandy sea shore, Italy, May

LYNN M. STONE / Morning Glory (Ipomoea sp) in flower, Connecticut, USA

Adrian Davies / Sea Bindweed (Calystegia soldanella) in flower, Fanore Sand Dune, The Burren, County Clare, Republic of Ireland

Ann & Steve Toon / Morning glory (Ipomoea crassipes) in flower, Malolotja Nature Reserve, Swaziland, South Africa

Tim Laman / Beach morning glories (Ipomoe sp) in flower, Bantanta Island, Papua, Indonesia

Kim Taylor / California Glory / Flannel bush (Fremontodendron sp) flower, Surrey, England

Shattil & Rozinski / Morning glory {Ipomoea sp} close up of flower, USA

Jane Burton / Bush cricket {Requena verticalis} on Morning glory flower {Ipomoea leari} captive, Central America

Nature Production / Morning Glory {Ipomoea nil} stamen and pistil after flower has faded, Japan

Nature Production / Fabric pattern created with dye from Morning Glory flower {Ipomoea nil} Japan

Nature Production / Morning Glory {Ipomoae nil} cross section of flower bud about to open, Japan

Nature Production / Morning glory {Ipomoea nil} flower bud opening sequence 4/4, Japan

Nature Production / Morning glory {Ipomoea nil} flower opening sequence 9/9, Japan

Nature Production / Morning glory {Ipomoea nil} flower bud opening sequence 3/4, Japan

Nature Production / Morning Glory {Ipomoae nil} flower bud, Japan

Nature Production / Morning glory {Ipomoea nil} flower bud opening sequence 2/4, Japan

Nature Production / Morning glory {Ipomoea nil} flower opening sequence 8/9, Japan

Nature Production / Morning Glory {Ipomoae nil} flower bud opening sequence 1/4, Japan

Nature Production / Morning glory {Ipomoea nil} flower opening sequence 5/9, Japan

Nature Production / Morning glory {Ipomoea nil} flower opening sequence 7/9, Japan

Nature Production / Morning glory {Ipomoea nil} flower opening sequence 4/9, Japan

Nature Production / Cross-section of Morning Glory flower {Ipomoea nil} Japan

Nature Production / Morning glory {Ipomoea nil} flower opening sequence 6/9, Japan

Nature Production / Morning glory {Ipomoea nil} flower opening sequence 3/9, Japan

Nature Production / Morning glory {Ipomoea nil} flower opening sequence 2/9, Japan

Nature Production / Letters written on Morning Glory flower {Ipomoea nil} with vinegar, Japan

Nature Production / Morning glory {Ipomoea nil} flower opening sequence 1/9, Japan

Nature Production / Morning Glory {Ipomoae nil} cross section of flower bud, Japan

WILLIAM OSBORN / Beach morning glory in flower {Calystegia soldanella} sand dunes, Glamorgan, Wales.

Konrad Wothe / Convolvulus Hawk-moth (Agrius convolvuli) at flowers, Italy

Konrad Wothe / Convolvulus Hawk-moth (Agrius convolvuli) feeding on flower with proboscis, Italy

Patricio Robles Gil / Cardon (Pachycereus pringlei) cactus and flowering Common Morning Glory (Ipomoea purpurea) vines in the Miquihuana Desert, northeast Mexico

Patricio Robles Gil / Morning Glory (Ipomoea sp) flowering on coastal sand dunes in Laguna Madre, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Patricio Robles Gil / Common Morning Glory (Ipomoea purpurea) flowering vines in the Miquihuana Desert, northeast Mexico

Konrad Wothe / Convolvulus Hawk-moth (Agrius convolvuli) hovering and feeding with proboscis on flower, Italy

Hanne Jens Eriksen / Flower of Purple moonflower {Ipomoea turbinata} Dhofar, Oman September

Hanne Jens Eriksen / Flower of Obscure morning glory {Ipomoea obscura} Dhofar, Oman September

Rob Tilley / Beach morning glory (Calystegia soldanella) in flower, South Padre Island, Texas, USA, May 2009

Nature Production / Morning glory {Ipomoea nil} view of opening flower bud from above, Japan

Nature Production / Morning glory {Ipomoea nil} juice squeezed from red and purple flower, Japan

Nature Production / Morning glory {Ipomoea nil} flower bud, Japan