Ivy-leaved Morning Glory

(Ipomoea hederacea)

 

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Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

 

Ivy-leaved Morning Glory (Ipomoea hederacea)

Alien: A native of tropical America.

Identification: A vine. Flowers petunialike with 5 petals fused into a trumpet shaped structure. Flower color white, pink, or blue. Sepals hairy and pointed. Leaves with 3 ovate, pointed lobes.

Distribution: Throughout most of eastern North America. Also occurs in central North America and the southwestern United States.

Habitat: Ivy-leaved Morning Glory is found in disturbed habitats such as roadsides, forest margins, and fields.

Flowering period: June to October.

Ivy-leaved Morning Glory (Ipomoea hederacea)

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