OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 45 taxa in the family Convolvulaceae, Morning Glory family, as understood by Weakley's Flora.

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camera icon Common Name: Compact Dodder

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cuscuta compacta   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta compacta var. compacta   FAMILY: Cuscutaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cuscuta compacta 158-01-002   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Bottomland forests, stream banks, marshes, swamps, pine savannas, calcareous seeps and streambanks, wet fields, other wet habitats, on herbaceous and especially on woody hosts

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Hazel Dodder

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cuscuta coryli   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta coryli   FAMILY: Cuscutaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cuscuta corylii 158-01-003   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Open woodlands and woodland borders, on a wide variety of woody and herbaceous hosts

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Five-angled Dodder

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cuscuta pentagona   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta pentagona var. pentagona   FAMILY: Cuscutaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cuscuta pentagona 158-01-004   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Roadsides, fields, open disturbed areas, on a wide variety of (mostly herbaceous) hosts, especially Fabaceae

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Field Dodder, Prairie Dodder, Golden Dodder

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cuscuta campestris   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta pentagona var. pentagona   FAMILY: Cuscutaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cuscuta campestris 158-01-005   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Roadsides, fields, open disturbed areas, especially (but not only) on herbaceous Fabaceae

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia - the original distribution unclear (nearly cosmopolitan because o

 


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Common Name: Buttonbush Dodder

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cuscuta cephalanthi   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta cephalanthi   FAMILY: Cuscutaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC ERROR) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cuscuta cephalanthii 158-01-006   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Primarily on woody hosts

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Appalachian Dodder, Beaked Dodder

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cuscuta rostrata   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta rostrata   FAMILY: Cuscutaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cuscuta rostrata 158-01-007   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: High elevation hardwood forests and thickets, especially on Asteraceae (Rudbeckia, Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Eurybia)

Common in NC Mountains, rare in GA & SC

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Common Dodder, Swamp Dodder

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cuscuta gronovii   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta gronovii   FAMILY: Cuscutaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cuscuta gronovii 158-01-008   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Stream banks, bottomland forests, bogs, marshes, swamps, wet fields, wet disturbed areas, on a very wide variety of herbaceous and woody plants

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Harper's Dodder

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cuscuta harperi   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta harperi   FAMILY: Cuscutaceae

 

Habitat: Outcrops of granite (Piedmont), sandstone (Cumberland Plateau, Ridge and Valley), and Altamaha grit (Coastal Plain), typically on plants such as Liatris microcephala, Bigelowia nuttallii, Hypericum gentianoides, Helianthus longifolius, and Croton willdenowii

Rare

Native to Georgia

 


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Common Name: Bigseed Alfalfa Dodder, Pretty Dodder

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cuscuta indecora   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta indecora +   FAMILY: Cuscutaceae

 

Habitat: Salt marshes (on Iva frutescens), pine savannahs, bogs, roadsides, disturbed areas

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Glandular Dodder

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cuscuta obtusiflora var. glandulosa   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta obtusiflora var. glandulosa   FAMILY: Cuscutaceae

 

Habitat: In calcareous glades, swampy thickets, and other habitats

Rare

Native to Georgia

 


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Common Name: Smartweed Dodder

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cuscuta polygonorum   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta polygonorum   FAMILY: Cuscutaceae

 

Habitat: On Polygonum and other hosts

Native: north & west of the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Japanese Dodder

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cuscuta japonica   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta japonica   FAMILY: Cuscutaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas, especially on Fabaceae (especially Pueraria) and woody plants

Rare

Non-native: east Asia

 


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Common Name: Fringed Dodder, Lucerne Dodder, Alfalfa Dodder

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cuscuta suaveolens   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta suaveolens   FAMILY: Cuscutaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, especially on herbaceous Fabaceae

Non-native: South America

 


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camera icon Common Name: Carolina Ponyfoot

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Dichondra carolinensis   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Dichondra carolinensis   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Dichondra carolinensis 158-02-001   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Lawns, roadsides, moist pinelands, mesic hammocks, floodplain forests

Common (rare in NC Piedmont)

Native to the Coastal Plain of the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Pickering's Dawnflower

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stylisma pickeringii var. pickeringii   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Stylisma pickeringii var. pickeringii   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Bonamia pickeringii 158-03-001   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, usually in the driest, most barren, deep-sand areas, occasionally colonizing dry, disturbed areas in sandhills, such as sandy roadbanks, known from the Fall-line Sandhills, aeolian rims of Carolina bays, and sandhills on relict riverine dunes along Coastal Plain rivers

Rare

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Water Dawnflower

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stylisma aquatica   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Stylisma aquatica   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Bonamia aquatica 158-03-002   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Clay-based Carolina bays, wet pine savannas, margins of pineland ponds

Uncommon (rare in NC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Southern Dawnflower

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stylisma humistrata   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Stylisma humistrata   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Bonamia humistrata 158-03-003   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Sandhills, dry hammocks, and other dry woodlands, especially on dryish stream terraces

Common (rare in Mountains, rare in NC Piedmont)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Sandhill Dawnflower, Sandhill Morning Glory, Coastal Plain Dawnflower, Common Dawnflower

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stylisma patens   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Stylisma patens ssp. patens   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Bonamia patens var. patens 158-03-004a   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills and other relatively dry sandy areas

Common in Coastal Plain

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Narrowleaf Dawnflower

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Stylisma angustifolia   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Stylisma patens ssp. angustifolia   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Bonamia patens var. angustifolia 158-03-004b   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills

Uncommon

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Common Jacquemontia, Hairy Clustervine, Tie Vine, Smallflower Morning Glory

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Jacquemontia tamnifolia   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Jacquemontia tamnifolia   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Jacquemontia tamnifolia 158-04-001   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, other disturbed areas

Uncommon in GA & SC, rare in NC

Original distribution unclear, probably not native to the SE US

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Field Bindweed, Creeping Jenny, Possession-vine, Cornbind

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Convolvulus arvensis   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Convolvulus arvensis   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Convolvulus arvensis 158-05-001   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, disturbed areas

Uncommon in Carolina Mountains & NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Non-native: Europe

 


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Common Name: Northeastern Bindweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Convolvulus americanus   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Calystegia sepium ssp. americana   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Calystegia sepium 158-06-002   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Openings, woodland edges

Rare

Native to North Carolina

 


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camera icon Common Name: Appalachian Bindweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Convolvulus species 2 [=appalachianus]   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Calystegia sepium ssp. appalachiana   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Calystegia sepium 158-06-002   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Woodland edges

Common in Mountains, rare elsewhere

Native to North Carolina

 


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Common Name: Coastal Plain Bindweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Convolvulus limnophilus   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Calystegia sepium ssp. limnophila   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Calystegia sepium 158-06-002   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Woodland edges

Uncommon in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Twin-flowered Bindweed, Twoflower Bindweed, Shortstalk False Bindweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Convolvulus fraterniflorus   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Calystegia silvatica ssp. fraterniflora   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Thickets, roadsides, fields, streambanks, disturbed areas

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Blue Ridge Bindweed, Silky Bindweed, Downy False Bindweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Convolvulus sericatus   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Calystegia catesbeiana   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Calystegia sericata 158-06-003   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Openings in dry to dry-mesic montane forests

Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Catesby's Bindweed, Catesby's False Bindweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Convolvulus catesbyanus   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT PLANTS National Database: Calystegia catesbeiana   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Calystegia sericata 158-06-003?   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine savannas, marsh edges, openings in dry to dry-mesic montane forests

Uncommon in Mountains, rare elsewhere

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Shale Bindweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Convolvulus stans   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Calystegia spithamaea ssp. purshiana   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Calystegia spithamaea 158-06-004   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Shale barrens and woodlands, less typically on limestone

Rare

Native to North Carolina

 


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Common Name: Low Bindweed, Upright Bindweed

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Convolvulus spithamaeus   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Calystegia spithamaea ssp. spithamaea   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Calystegia spithamaea 158-06-004?   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Dry limestone areas

Native north of the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Cypress-vine

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ipomoea quamoclit   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ipomoea quamoclit   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ipomoea quamoclit 158-07-001   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, hedgerows, disturbed areas

Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Non-native: tropical America

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Small Red Morning Glory, Scarlet Creeper

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ipomoea coccinea   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ipomoea coccinea   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ipomoea coccinea 158-07-002   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, thickets, streambanks

Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)

Native distribution uncertain, but apparently native to southeast US

 


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camera icon Common Name: Scarlet Creeper

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ipomoea hederifolia   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ipomoea hederifolia   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Moist thickets (especially near-coastal), disturbed areas

Uncommon

Native to the Coastal Plain of GA & SC; introduced inland

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Common Morning Glory

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ipomoea purpurea   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ipomoea purpurea   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ipomoea purpurea 158-07-003   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas

Common

Non-native: tropical America

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Ivyleaf Morning Glory

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ipomoea hederacea   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ipomoea hederacea   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ipomoea hederacea var. hederacea 158-07-004   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Fields, disturbed areas

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia, apparently (native distribution obscure)

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Fiddleleaf Morning Glory, Beach Morning Glory

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ipomoea imperati   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ipomoea imperati   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ipomoea stolonifera 158-07-005   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Beaches, dune blowouts, fore-dunes

Common in GA (rare in Carolinas)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Sweet Potato

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ipomoea batatas   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ipomoea batatas   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ipomoea batatas 158-07-006   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Persistent in fields after cultivation, disturbed areas

Waif(s)

Non-native: tropical America

 


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camera icon Common Name: Coastal Morning Glory, Tie-vine, Cotton Morning Glory

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ipomoea cordatotriloba var. cordatotriloba   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ipomoea cordatotriloba var. cordatotriloba   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ipomoea trichocarpa 158-07-007   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Dunes, sandy areas on barrier islands, other sandy habitats

Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Small White Morning Glory, Small-flowered Morning Glory, Whitestar

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ipomoea lacunosa   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ipomoea lacunosa   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ipomoea lacunosa 158-07-008   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Riverbanks, marshes, swamps, fields, roadsides, disturbed areas

Common (uncommon in NC Mountains)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Saltmarsh Morning Glory

Weakley's Flora: (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): Ipomoea sagittata 158-07-009   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Edges of brackish marshes, moist thickets on barrier islands, hammocks

Common in Coastal Plain

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Indian Midden Morning Glory, Largeroot Morning Glory, Manroot, Pink Moonvine

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ipomoea macrorhiza   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ipomoea macrorhiza   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ipomoea macrorhiza 158-07-010   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Hammocks, shell middens, dunes, dry sands, disturbed maritime areas

Rare (historically in NC, but not recently seen)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Manroot, Wild Potato Vine, Man-of-the-earth, Wild Sweet Potato

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ipomoea pandurata   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ipomoea pandurata   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ipomoea pandurata 158-07-011   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry forests and woodlands, prairies, disturbed areas

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Railroad Vine, Bay Hops, Bay Winders, Goat's-foot

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ipomoea brasiliensis   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ipomoea pes-caprae ssp. brasiliensis   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Ocean beaches, dunes

Uncommon (rare in Carolinas)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Water-spinach, Swamp Morning Glory

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ipomoea aquatica   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ipomoea aquatica   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed wetlands

Non-native: tropical Asia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Little-bell

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ipomoea triloba   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ipomoea triloba   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Hammocks, sand dunes, disturbed areas

Non-native: tropical America, apparently

 


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Common Name: Three-lobed Morning Glory

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Ipomoea grandifolia   FAMILY: Convolvulaceae

 

Habitat: Disturbed areas

Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Piedmont

Non-native: South America? the distribution poorly understood because of previous lack of recognition

 


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