Common Morning Glory     Information
INVASIVE
Scientific Name:Ipomoea purpurea


NOTES: 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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