OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 32 taxa in the family Convolvulaceae, Morning Glory family, as understood by PLANTS National Database.

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camera icon Common Name: Carolina Ponyfoot

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dichondra carolinensis   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Dichondra carolinensis   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Dichondra carolinensis 158-02-001   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Lawns, roadsides, moist pinelands, mesic hammocks, floodplain forests

Common (rare in NC Piedmont)

Native to the Coastal Plain of the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Pickering's Dawnflower

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stylisma pickeringii var. pickeringii   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Stylisma pickeringii var. pickeringii   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Bonamia pickeringii 158-03-001   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, usually in the driest, most barren, deep-sand areas, occasionally colonizing dry, disturbed areas in sandhills, such as sandy roadbanks, known from the Fall-line Sandhills, aeolian rims of Carolina bays, and sandhills on relict riverine dunes along Coastal Plain rivers

Rare

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Water Dawnflower

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stylisma aquatica   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Stylisma aquatica   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Bonamia aquatica 158-03-002   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Clay-based Carolina bays, wet pine savannas, margins of pineland ponds

Uncommon (rare in NC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Southern Dawnflower

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stylisma humistrata   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Stylisma humistrata   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Bonamia humistrata 158-03-003   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Sandhills, dry hammocks, and other dry woodlands, especially on dryish stream terraces

Common (rare in Mountains, rare in NC Piedmont)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Sandhill Dawnflower, Sandhill Morning Glory, Coastal Plain Dawnflower, Common Dawnflower

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stylisma patens   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Stylisma patens ssp. patens   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Bonamia patens var. patens 158-03-004a   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills and other relatively dry sandy areas

Common in Coastal Plain

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Narrowleaf Dawnflower

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stylisma angustifolia   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Stylisma patens ssp. angustifolia   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Bonamia patens var. angustifolia 158-03-004b   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills

Uncommon

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Common Jacquemontia, Hairy Clustervine, Tie Vine, Smallflower Morning Glory

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Jacquemontia tamnifolia   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Jacquemontia tamnifolia   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Jacquemontia tamnifolia 158-04-001   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, other disturbed areas

Uncommon in GA & SC, rare in NC

Original distribution unclear, probably not native to the SE US

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Field Bindweed, Creeping Jenny, Possession-vine, Cornbind

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Convolvulus arvensis   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Convolvulus arvensis   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Convolvulus arvensis 158-05-001   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas

Uncommon in Carolina Mountains & NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Non-native: Europe

 


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Common Name: Northeastern Bindweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Convolvulus americanus   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Calystegia sepium ssp. americana   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Calystegia sepium 158-06-002   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Openings, woodland edges

Rare

Native to North Carolina

 


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camera icon Common Name: Appalachian Bindweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Convolvulus species 2 [=appalachianus]   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Calystegia sepium ssp. appalachiana   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Calystegia sepium 158-06-002   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Woodland edges

Common in Mountains, rare elsewhere

Native to North Carolina

 


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Common Name: Coastal Plain Bindweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Convolvulus limnophilus   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Calystegia sepium ssp. limnophila   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Calystegia sepium 158-06-002   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Woodland edges

Uncommon in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Twin-flowered Bindweed, Twoflower Bindweed, Shortstalk False Bindweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Convolvulus fraterniflorus   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Calystegia silvatica ssp. fraterniflora   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Thickets, roadsides, fields, streambanks, disturbed areas

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Blue Ridge Bindweed, Silky Bindweed, Downy False Bindweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Convolvulus sericatus   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Calystegia catesbeiana   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Calystegia sericata 158-06-003   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Openings in dry to dry-mesic montane forests

Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Catesby's Bindweed, Catesby's False Bindweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Convolvulus catesbyanus   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT PLANTS National Database: Calystegia catesbeiana   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Calystegia sericata 158-06-003?   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine savannas, marsh edges, openings in dry to dry-mesic montane forests

Uncommon in Mountains, rare elsewhere

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Shale Bindweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Convolvulus stans   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Calystegia spithamaea ssp. purshiana   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Calystegia spithamaea 158-06-004   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Shale barrens and woodlands, less typically on limestone

Rare

Native to North Carolina

 


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Common Name: Low Bindweed, Upright Bindweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Convolvulus spithamaeus   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Calystegia spithamaea ssp. spithamaea   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Calystegia spithamaea 158-06-004?   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Dry limestone areas

Native north of the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Cypress-vine

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ipomoea quamoclit   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ipomoea quamoclit   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ipomoea quamoclit 158-07-001   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, hedgerows, disturbed areas

Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Non-native: tropical America

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Small Red Morning Glory, Scarlet Creeper

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ipomoea coccinea   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ipomoea coccinea   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ipomoea coccinea 158-07-002   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, thickets, streambanks

Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)

Native distribution uncertain, but apparently native to southeast US

 


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camera icon Common Name: Scarlet Creeper

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ipomoea hederifolia   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ipomoea hederifolia   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Moist thickets (especially near-coastal), disturbed areas

Uncommon

Native to the Coastal Plain of GA & SC; introduced inland

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Common Morning Glory

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ipomoea purpurea   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ipomoea purpurea   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ipomoea purpurea 158-07-003   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas

Common

Non-native: tropical America

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Ivyleaf Morning Glory

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ipomoea hederacea   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ipomoea hederacea   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ipomoea hederacea var. hederacea 158-07-004   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia, apparently (native distribution obscure)

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Fiddleleaf Morning Glory, Beach Morning Glory

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ipomoea imperati   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ipomoea imperati   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ipomoea stolonifera 158-07-005   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Beaches, dune blowouts, fore-dunes

Common in GA (rare in Carolinas)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Sweet Potato

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ipomoea batatas   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ipomoea batatas   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ipomoea batatas 158-07-006   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Persistent in fields after cultivation, disturbed areas

Waif(s)

Non-native: tropical America

 


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camera icon Common Name: Coastal Morning Glory, Tie-vine, Cotton Morning Glory

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ipomoea cordatotriloba var. cordatotriloba   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ipomoea cordatotriloba var. cordatotriloba   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ipomoea trichocarpa 158-07-007   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Dunes, sandy areas on barrier islands, other sandy habitats

Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Small White Morning Glory, Small-flowered Morning Glory, Whitestar

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ipomoea lacunosa   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ipomoea lacunosa   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ipomoea lacunosa 158-07-008   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Riverbanks, marshes, swamps, fields, roadsides, disturbed areas

Common (uncommon in NC Mountains)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Saltmarsh Morning Glory

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ipomoea sagittata   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ipomoea sagittata   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ipomoea sagittata 158-07-009   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Edges of brackish marshes, moist thickets on barrier islands, hammocks

Common in Coastal Plain

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Indian Midden Morning Glory, Largeroot Morning Glory, Manroot, Pink Moonvine

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ipomoea macrorhiza   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ipomoea macrorhiza   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ipomoea macrorhiza 158-07-010   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Hammocks, shell middens, dunes, dry sands, disturbed maritime areas

Rare (historically in NC, but not recently seen)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Manroot, Wild Potato Vine, Man-of-the-earth, Wild Sweet Potato

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ipomoea pandurata   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ipomoea pandurata   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ipomoea pandurata 158-07-011   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry forests and woodlands, prairies, disturbed areas

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Railroad Vine, Bay Hops, Bay Winders, Goat's-foot

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ipomoea brasiliensis   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ipomoea pes-caprae ssp. brasiliensis   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Ocean beaches, dunes

Uncommon (rare in Carolinas)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Water-spinach, Swamp Morning Glory

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ipomoea aquatica   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ipomoea aquatica   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed wetlands

Non-native: tropical Asia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Little-bell

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ipomoea triloba   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ipomoea triloba   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Hammocks, sand dunes, disturbed areas

Non-native: tropical America, apparently

 


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Common Name: Three-lobed Morning Glory

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Ipomoea grandifolia   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas

Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Piedmont

Non-native: South America? the distribution poorly understood because of previous lack of recognition

 


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