Star of Yelta was first marketed as an Ipomoea purpurea that would stay open for a longer part of the day than the I. purpureas that would close relatively earlier in the day.

The initial offerings were dark purple-blue with a darker purple-blue star pattern along the primary folds.

Star of Yelta is often confused with Grandpa Ott's which has the same background color on the limb but a fuchsia-colored star.

Ipomoea purpurea will cross fertilize with any other Ipomoea purpurea and there is no such thing as a completely stable open-pollinated type, and what is now offered by a plethora of sources as Star of Yelta and Grandpa Ott's is not the same as the initial starting stock...even from the original sources who believed in the (100%) stable open-pollinated myth hook, line and sinker (!)...

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