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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ipomoea sagittata
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
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Read more about Saltmarsh Morning Glory at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ipomoea sagittata
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-07-009:
Ipomoea sagittata FAMILY Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ipomoea sagittata
COMMON NAME:
Saltmarsh Morning Glory
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Alan S. Weakley asw_10231861435574866
July Georgetown County? SC
Leaves are 1.5-4" long, well-spaced along the stem, and borne on .5-1.5" stalks, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Alan S. Weakley asw_10231861435574866b
July Georgetown County? SC
Leaves arrowhead-shaped with pointed or rounded basal lobes, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).
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Alan S. Weakley asw_10231861436534890
July Georgetown County? SC
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Alan S. Weakley asw_10231861438654943
July Georgetown County? SC
Flowers funnel-shaped, 2.5-4" long, pink to rose-purple with a darkened center & a flaring apex, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ipomoea sagittata
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ipomoea sagittata
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-07-009:
Ipomoea sagittata
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ipomoea sagittata
3096
Herbaceous vine
Perennial
Habitat: Edges of brackish marshes, moist thickets on barrier islands, hammocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Does not have milky sap
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Leaves have petioles.
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Rose-lavender
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5 sepals
Shallowly 5-lobed (or merely wavy-edged) campanulate corolla
5 included stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p080
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p359
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p097
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p074
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p160
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