3099

Herbaceous vine
Annual

Original distribution unclear, probably not native to the SE US
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Uncommon in GA, NC, SC

Look for it in fields, on roadsides, other disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

To see a detailed map, click here

Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

Georgia Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2006

 

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Blue
5-merous
5 sepals
Shallowly 5-lobed funnelform corolla
5 stamens
Superior ovary
Flowers in dense, hairy capitate clusters

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p108
• Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p215
• Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p072

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

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 (1968) 158-04-001:
Jacquemontia tamnifolia   FAMILY Convolvulaceae