Ipomoea purpurea (morning glory, mantle of Mary, Don Diego by day, purple bell, bankruptcy dishes) is a botanical species in the genus Ipomoea, family of the Convolvulaceae, native to Spain and Central America.
Etymology
Ipomoea:
Generic name that comes from the Greek ips, ipos = worm and homoios = similar, by the voluble habit of their stems.
Purpurea:
Latin epithet meaning "purple