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Your search found 31 taxa in the family Convolvulaceae, Morning Glory family, as understood by PLANTS National Database.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Common Name:
Field Bindweed, Creeping Jenny, Possession-vine, Cornbind
Weakley's Flora: (2/8/20) 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
Non-native: Europe
Common Name: Northeastern Bindweed
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) 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
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Appalachian Bindweed
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) 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
Native to North Carolina
Common Name: Coastal Plain Bindweed
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) 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
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Twin-flowered Bindweed, Twoflower Bindweed, Shortstalk False Bindweed
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) Convolvulus fraterniflorus FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Calystegia silvatica ssp. fraterniflora FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
Habitat: Thickets, roadsides, fields, streambanks, disturbed areas
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Blue Ridge Bindweed, Silky Bindweed, Downy False Bindweed
Weakley's Flora: (2/8/20) 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
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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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
Common Name: Shale Bindweed
Weakley's Flora: (2/8/20) 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
Native to North Carolina & possibly Georgia and/or South 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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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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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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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
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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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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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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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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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
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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