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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Solanales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Ipomoea grandifolia   FAMILY Convolvulaceae   Go to FSUS key



 

COMMON NAME:
Three-lobed Morning Glory


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4780

Herbaceous vine (twining)

Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

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

Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Piedmont

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

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pink or lavender
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5 persistent unequal sepals
5-lobed funnelform corolla
5 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall?
Capsule

 

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