White morning-glory

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White morning-glory

White morning-glory leaves

White morning-glory flower

White morning-glory

White morning-glory leaf and flower

White morning-glory

White morning-glory

White morning-glory flower

Morphology

Stem

Twining vine, 3 to 10 feet long, glabrous to sparsely pubescent.

Leaves

Alternate, simple, broadly ovate, 1.25 to 3.25 inches long, .8 to 2.8 inches wide, entire to angled or 3-lobed, glabrous to sparsely pubescent; tip blunt or pointed; base heart-shaped; stalk 1 to 3 inches long.

Inflorescence

1-3 flowers in leaf axils; stalks usually shorter than or equal to leaf stalks, glabrous.

Flower

Sepals 5, nearly equal, 1/3 to 3/5 inch long, lanceolate, short- to long-pointed, fringed; corollas funnel-shaped, 3/5 to 1 inch long, white or occasionally pinkish, 5-lobed; lobe tips terminating in tiny, short points; stamens 5, of unequal lengths; filaments white; anthers purple.

Fruit

Capsule, nearly spherical, about 1/2 inch in diameter, bristly-hairy; seeds 4 or rarely fewer, ellipsoid, about 1/4 inch long, dark brown, glabrous.

Ecology

Habitat

Low ground, waste areas, disturbed sites, thickets, wet meadows, moist prairies, and roadsides; moist, alluvial soils.

Distribution

East 1/2 of Kansas.