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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Jacquemontia tamnifolia   FAMILY Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Jacquemontia tamnifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-04-001:

Jacquemontia tamnifolia   FAMILY Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Thyella tamnifolia

 

COMMON NAME:
Common Jacquemontia, Hairy Clustervine, Tie Vine, Smallflower Morning Glory


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image of Jacquemontia tamnifolia, Common Jacquemontia, Hairy Clustervine, Tie Vine, Smallflower Morning Glory

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_jata_003_lvd

        

image of Jacquemontia tamnifolia, Common Jacquemontia, Hairy Clustervine, Tie Vine, Smallflower Morning Glory

JK Marlow    jkm171123_0148

November    Calhoun County    AL

Easiest to identify when fruiting - seemingly w a "puff ball" at every node, per www.missouriplants.com (Tenaglia).

image of Jacquemontia tamnifolia, Common Jacquemontia, Hairy Clustervine, Tie Vine, Smallflower Morning Glory

JK Marlow    jkm181111_5806

November    Williamsburg County    SC

Spherical capsules are 4-6mm wide and split at maturity to release 4 seeds, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Jacquemontia tamnifolia, Common Jacquemontia, Hairy Clustervine, Tie Vine, Smallflower Morning Glory

JK Marlow    jkm181111_5807

November    Williamsburg County    SC

Inflorescence subtended by foliaceous bracts; sepals densely fulvous-hirsute, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Jacquemontia tamnifolia, Common Jacquemontia, Hairy Clustervine, Tie Vine, Smallflower Morning Glory

JK Marlow    jkm181111_5811

November    Williamsburg County    SC

image of Jacquemontia tamnifolia, Common Jacquemontia, Hairy Clustervine, Tie Vine, Smallflower Morning Glory

JK Marlow    jkm181111_5812

November    Williamsburg County    SC

Leaves have prominent indented center and lateral veins, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Jacquemontia tamnifolia, Common Jacquemontia, Hairy Clustervine, Tie Vine, Smallflower Morning Glory

JK Marlow    jkm181111_5813

November    Williamsburg County    SC

Flowers [& fruit] in dense clusters, in rounded hairy heads, on long stalks, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Jacquemontia tamnifolia   FAMILY Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Jacquemontia tamnifolia   FAMILY Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Jacquemontia tamnifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-04-001:
Jacquemontia tamnifolia   FAMILY Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Thyella tamnifolia

 

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3099

Herbaceous vine (twining)
Annual

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

Original distribution unclear, probably not native to the SE US

Uncommon in GA & SC, rare in NC

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Invasive?

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

 

DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Does not have milky sap

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Margins entire

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

 

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