Small White Morning Glory

(Ipomoea lacunosa)

 

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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.

 

Small White Morning Glory (Ipomoea lacunosa)

Identification: A vine. Flower petunialike with 5 petals fused in a trumpet-shaped corolla. Flower small (0.5 to 1 inch in length) and either white, pink, or lavender, commonly with lighter stripes. Leaves either heart-shaped or with 3 triangular lobes.

Distribution: Iowa in the west to southern New England in the east, southward to Florida and Texas.

Habitat: Small White Morning Glory is found along roadsides, in fields, and in thickets.

Flowering period: August to October.

Comments: The spiny burrs in the photograph are those of the composite Common Cocklebur on which the vine is growing.

Small White Morning Glory (Ipomoea lacunosa)

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The combination of the very small flowers and the heart-shaped to three-pronged leaves will usually identify this species.

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