Summer annual native to the rainforests of South America. Heart-shaped leaves. Flowers can be blue, purple, pink, red, white, or striped.
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Common Morning Glory
Genus species:
Ipomoea purpurea
Common Name:
Common Morning Glory
Family Name:
Convolvulaceae
Annual or perennial herbs, twining or trailing in most; leaves alternate, simple; flowers bisexual, regular, in cymes or solitary; fruit a capsule.
Seed Type:
Angiosperm
Origin:
Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA terminology
Nonnative
Category:
Vine
Flower Color:
White Violet/Blue Pink/Red
Identified by:
M. Becus
Months in Bloom:
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