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Your search found 44 taxa in the family Convolvulaceae, Morning Glory family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Compact Dodder
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Cuscuta compacta FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta compacta var. compacta FAMILY: Cuscutaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cuscuta compacta 158-01-002 FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
Look for it in wet habitats, on herbaceous and esp on woody hosts
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Hazel Dodder
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Cuscuta coryli FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta coryli FAMILY: Cuscutaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cuscuta corylii 158-01-003 FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
Look for it on a wide variety of woody and herbaceous hosts
Rare
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Five-angled Dodder
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Cuscuta pentagona FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta pentagona var. pentagona FAMILY: Cuscutaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cuscuta pentagona 158-01-004 FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
Look for it on a wide variety of hosts
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Field Dodder, Prairie Dodder, Golden Dodder
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Cuscuta campestris FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta pentagona var. pentagona FAMILY: Cuscutaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cuscuta campestris 158-01-005 FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
Look for it on roadsides, in fields, open disturbed areas, especially on herbaceous Fabaceae
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia - the original distribution unclear
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Common Name: Buttonbush Dodder
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Cuscuta cephalanthi FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta cephalanthi FAMILY: Cuscutaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC ERROR) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cuscuta cephalanthii 158-01-006 FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
Look for it primarily on woody hosts
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Appalachian Dodder, Beaked Dodder
Weakley's Flora: (6/30/18) Cuscuta rostrata FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta rostrata FAMILY: Cuscutaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cuscuta rostrata 158-01-007 FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
Look for it in high elevation hardwood forests and thickets, especially on Asteraceae (Rudbeckia, Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Eurybia)
Common (rare in GA), endemic to the Southern Appalachians
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Common Dodder
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Cuscuta gronovii FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta gronovii var. gronovii FAMILY: Cuscutaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cuscuta gronovii 158-01-008 FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
Look for it on a very wide variety of herbaceous and woody plants
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Harper's Dodder
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Cuscuta harperi FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta harperi FAMILY: Cuscutaceae
Look for it on outcrops of granite (Piedmont) and Altamaha grit (Coastal Plain), typically on plants such as Liatris microcephala, Bigelowia nuttallii, Hypericum gentianoides, and Croton willdenowii
Rare
Native to Georgia
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Common Name: Bigseed Alfalfa Dodder
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Cuscuta indecora FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta indecora + FAMILY: Cuscutaceae
Look for it in salt marshes (on Iva frutescens), roadsides, disturbed areas
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Glandular Dodder
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Cuscuta obtusiflora var. glandulosa FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta obtusiflora var. glandulosa FAMILY: Cuscutaceae
Look for it on herbs in calcareous glades and other habitats
Rare
Native to Georgia
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Common Name: Smartweed Dodder
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Cuscuta polygonorum FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta polygonorum FAMILY: Cuscutaceae
Look for it on Polygonum and other hosts
Native
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Common Name:
Japanese Dodder
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Cuscuta japonica FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta japonica FAMILY: Cuscutaceae
Look for it in disturbed areas, especially on Fabaceae and woody plants
Rare
Non-native: east Asia
Common Name: Fringed Dodder
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Cuscuta suaveolens FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta suaveolens FAMILY: Cuscutaceae
Look for it in scattered sites in eastern North America, including AL, MD, and OH
Non-native
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Common Name:
Carolina Ponyfoot
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) 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
Look for it in lawns, on roadisdes, moist pinelands (rarely seen in a "natural" habitat, but often seen in lawns and other mowed grassy areas)
Common (rare in NC Piedmont)
Native to the Coastal Plain of the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Pickering's Dawnflower, Pickering's Morning Glory
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) 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
Look for it in sandhills, usually in the driest, most barren, deep-sand areas, occasionally colonizing dry, disturbed areas in sandhills, such as sandy roadbanks. Also known from the Fall-line Sandhills, aeolian rims of Carolina bays, and sandhills on relict riverine dunes along Coastal Plain rivers
Rare (an endemic)
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Water Dawnflower
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) 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
Look for it in clay-based Carolina bays and wet savannas
Uncommon (rare in NC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Southern Dawnflower
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) 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
Look for it sandhills and other dry woodlands, esp 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: (2/8/20) 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
Look for it in sandhills and other relatively dry sandy areas
Common (an endemic)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Narrowleaf Dawnflower
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) 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
Look for it in sandhills
Uncommon (rare in NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Jacquemontia, Smallflower Morning Glory, Hairy Clustervine, Tie Vine
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) 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
Look for it in fields, on roadsides, other disturbed areas
Uncommon in GA, NC, SC
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
Look for it in fields, roadsides, disturbed areas
Uncommon in NC & in SC Mtns, rare elsewhere in GA & SC
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
Look for it in openings, woodland edges
Rare
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
Look for it in woodland edges
Common in Mountains, rare elsewhere
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
Look for it in woodland edges
Uncommon in Coastal Plain
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
Look for it in thickets, on roadsides, in fields, on streambanks, in disturbed areas
Rare
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
Look for it openings in dry to dry-mesic montane forests
Rare (an endemic)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Catesby's Bindweed, Catesby's False Bindweed
Weakley's Flora: (2/8/20) Convolvulus catesbeianus 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
Look for it in 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
Look for it in shale barrens and woodlands, less typically on limestone
Rare (an endemic)
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
Look for it in dry limestone areas
Native north of the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Cypress-vine
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) 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
Look for it in fields, hedgerows, disturbed areas
Common (rare in Piedmont)
Non-native: Tropical America
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Common Name:
Small Red Morning Glory, Scarlet Creeper
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) 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
Look for it in fields, roadsides, thickets, streambanks
Common
Native distribution uncertain, but apparently native to southeast US
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Common Name:
Scarlet Creeper
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Ipomoea hederifolia FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ipomoea hederifolia FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
Look for it in disturbed areas
Uncommon
Non-native: tropical America
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Common Name:
Common Morning Glory
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) 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
Look for it in fields, disturbed areas
Common
Non-native: Tropical America
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Common Name:
Ivyleaf Morning Glory
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) 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 + 158-07-004 FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
Look for it in 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: (11/30/12) 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
Look for it on beaches, dune blowouts, fore-dunes
Common in GA (rare in NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Sweet Potato
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) 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
Look for it to be persistent in fields after cultivation, or in disturbed areas
Rare
Non-native: tropical America, apparently
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Common Name:
Coastal Morning Glory, Tie-vine, Cotton Morning Glory
Weakley's Flora: (2/8/20) Ipomoea cordatotriloba var. cordatotriloba FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ipomoea cordatotriloba var. cordatotriloba FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
(?) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ipomoea trichocarpa 158-07-007 FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
Look for it on dunes, in sandy areas on barrier islands, other sandy habitats
Common (uncommon in NC, rare outside of Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Small White Morning Glory, Small-flowered Morning Glory, Whitestar
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) 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
Look for it on riverbanks, in fields, roadsides, disturbed areas
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Saltmarsh Morning Glory
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) 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
Look for it on edges of brackish marshes, moist thickets on barrier islands, hammocks
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Indian Midden Morning Glory, Largeroot Morning Glory, Manroot
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) 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
Look for it in hammocks, shell middens, dunes, dry sands, disturbed maritime areas
Rare
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: (11/30/12) 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
Look for it in 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: (2/8/20) Ipomoea brasiliensis FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ipomoea pes-caprae ssp. brasiliensis FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
Look for it on ocean beaches
Uncommon (rare in NC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Water Spinach, Swamp Morning Glory
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) - FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
PLANTS National Database: Ipomoea aquatica FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
Non-native: China
Common Name: Little-bell
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Ipomoea triloba FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
(?) PLANTS National Database: Ipomoea triloba FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
Look for it on hammocks, sand dunes, disturbed areas
Non-native: Tropics
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