Ipomoea hederacea (Ivy-Leaved Morning Glory) and Ipomoea Indica (Blue Dawn Flower) 琉球朝顔とアメリカアサガオ

Japanese follows English. 英語の後に日本語が続きます。

These are morning glories. The smaller pale blue ones are ipomoea hederacea or more commonly ivy-leaved morning glory and the larger purple ones are ipomoea indica or commonly blue dawn flower. Both morning glories are in the same place, making me realize that they're both pretty but in a different way.   

In Japanese, ivy-leaved morning glory is called "American morning glory" and blue dawn flower "Ryukyu morning glory." Ryukyu is the name of the place currently called "Okinawa" prefecture, which accounts for only 0.6% of total land area in Japan but has 70% of US military bases and facilities in Japan. This is unfair, a terrible legacy of WW2 and the result of ongoing discrimination against Okinawans. Okinawa and the US both mean a lot to me. Naturally I love both morning glories.

　

Ipomoea hederacea or ivy-leaved morning glory アメリカアサガオ 

 

"Ryukyu" morning glory (upper) and "American" morning glory (lower)
上が琉球、下がアメリカ 

 

Blue dawn flower 琉球朝顔

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アサガオ2種です。紫で大きいのが琉球朝顔、水色で小さい方がアメリカアサガオ。沖縄もアメリカも私にはとっても大切な場所。当然、紫も水色も両方大好きです！

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