NameThatPlant.net: Ipomoea purpurea

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ipomoea purpurea FAMILY Convolvulaceae Go to FSUS key

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Read more about Common Morning Glory at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ipomoea purpurea FAMILY Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-07-003:

Ipomoea purpurea FAMILY Convolvulaceae

COMMON NAME:
Common Morning Glory

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (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) 158-07-003:
Ipomoea purpurea FAMILY Convolvulaceae

754

Herbaceous vine
Annual

Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: tropical America

Common

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Purple/ Pink/ White
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5 sepals
Shallowly 5-lobed (or merely wavy-edged) campanulate corolla
5 included stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers solitary or in umbel-like clusters of 1-5, on long stalk from leaf axils

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

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