IVY-LEAF MORNING-GLORY
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Ipomoea hederacea Jacq.
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| Riley County, Kansas |
| Annual |
| Height: Vine up to 8 feet long |
| Family: Convolvulaceae - Morning-glory Family |
| Flowering Period: July, August, September |
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| Also Called: | | Woolly morning-glory. | | Stems: | | Twining or climbing, bristly hairy. | | Leaves: | | Alternate, simple, on stalks 2 to 5 inches long, egg-shaped to nearly circular in outline, 2 to 5 inches long, about as wide, prominently 3-lobed, rounded between lobes, hairy; bases heart-shaped; lobes pointed at tips. | | Inflorescences: | | Cymes of 1-6 flowers, on stalks 2 to 4 inches long. | | Flowers: | | Sepals lanceolate, densely covered with long hairs, tips usually curved; corollas funnel-shaped, 5 lobed, 1 to 2 inches long, blue, dry purplish; tubes white to pale yellow inside; stamens 5, white, about 2/3 length of corollas. | | Fruits: | | Capsules, rounded; seeds 4-6, black to dark brown, densely pubescent. | | Habitat: | | Disturbed low areas, roadsides, cultivated fields, and ditches. | | Distribution: | | Principally east half of Kansas. | | Origin: | | Ivy-leaf morning-glory is a native of tropical America. | | Forage Value: | | Pheasants and quail eat its seeds. |
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