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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Ipomoea quamoclit
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Cypress-vine at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ipomoea quamoclit
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-07-001:
Ipomoea quamoclit
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
COMMON NAME:
Cypress-vine
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ququ_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_ipomoea_quamoclit_5
August
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_ipomoea_quamoclit_1
August Iredell County NC
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_ipomoea_quamoclit_2
August Iredell County NC
A twining, herbaceous annual vine, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_ipomoea_quamoclit_2b
August Iredell County NC
Lvs pinnately divided into many narrowly linear segments ~ 1mm wide or less, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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Keith Bradley kab_i_quamoclit_78912
September Miami-Dade County FL
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JK Marlow jkm151006_350
October Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm151006_351
October Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm151006_353
October Greenville County SC
Its leaves resemble the terminal, needle-bearing twigs of cypress trees, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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JK Marlow jkm151007_355b
October Greenville County SC
Funnel-shaped scarlet flowers to 1.4" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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) 158-07-001:
Ipomoea quamoclit
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
755
Herbaceous vine (twining)
Annual
Non-native: Tropical America
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (rare in Piedmont)
Look for it in fields, hedgerows, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Variable
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Red
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5 unequal sepals
5-lobed salverform or funnelform corolla
5 exserted stamens
Superior ovary
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 p106
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p407
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p373
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p217
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p073
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p200
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p238