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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ipomoea sagittata   FAMILY Convolvulaceae   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Ipomoea sagittata, Saltmarsh Morning Glory

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).

image of Ipomoea sagittata, Saltmarsh Morning Glory

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).

image of Ipomoea sagittata, Saltmarsh Morning Glory

Alan S. Weakley    asw_10231861436534890

July    Georgetown County?    SC

image of Ipomoea sagittata, Saltmarsh Morning Glory

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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

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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

 

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