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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ipomoea hederacea
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
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Read more about Ivyleaf Morning Glory at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ipomoea hederacea
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-07-004:
Ipomoea hederacea var. hederacea FAMILY Convolvulaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Ipomoea hederacea var. integriuscula
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pharbitis barbigera
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pharbitis hederacea
COMMON NAME:
Ivyleaf Morning Glory
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_iphe_001_lvd
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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970 swus_page_301
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JK Marlow jkm080816_007
August Greenville County SC
10:30 am
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JK Marlow jkm080816_013
August Greenville County SC
11:30 am
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JK Marlow jkm120829_086
August Greenville County SC
Lvs usually distinctively 3-lobed, pointed, atypically 5-lobed to entire, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm120829_095
August Greenville County SC
Corolla light blue, campanulate, stamens and stigma included, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_ipomoea_hederacea
August
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JK Marlow jkm090911_003
September Greenville County SC
The hairy sepals have narrow curved-back tips, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm200916_7218
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Plants with entire leaves have been called var. integriuscula A. Gray (Pharbitis barbigera), per Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist, 1991).
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JK Marlow jkm200916_7224
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
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JK Marlow jkm200916_7225
September Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Sepals hirsute-villous basally and with a slender tail-like appendage, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm220906_9731
September Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
Sepals with very narrow elongate green tips much longer than the body of the sepal, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (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) 158-07-004:
Ipomoea hederacea var. hederacea
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
INCLUDING
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Ipomoea hederacea var. integriuscula
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pharbitis barbigera
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pharbitis hederacea
751
Herbaceous vine
Annual
Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia, apparently (native distribution obscure)
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Light blue
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5 sepals
Shallowly 5-lobed (or merely wavy-edged) campanulate corolla
5 included stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers 1-3 on short stalks from leaf axils
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 (Miller & Miller, 2005) p104
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p326
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p430
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p214
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p073
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p159
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p200
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p238
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p131
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