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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ipomoea triloba   FAMILY Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Ipomoea triloba

SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)

Ipomoea triloba

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Ipomoea triloba

 

COMMON NAME:
Little-bell


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image of Ipomoea triloba, Little-bell

JK Marlow    jkm181111__5881

November    Williamsburg County    SC

The leaves are variable in shape; some are three-lobed, whereas....

image of Ipomoea triloba, Little-bell

JK Marlow    jkm181111__5886

November    Williamsburg County    SC

...others are cordate with no evidence of side lobes, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Ipomoea triloba, Little-bell

JK Marlow    jkm181111_5878

November    Williamsburg County    SC

Vines are highly twining so appear much shorter than they are, per New Invaders of the Southeast (Rawlins et al., 2018).

image of Ipomoea triloba, Little-bell

JK Marlow    jkm181111_5883

November    Williamsburg County    SC

Sepals 5-7 mm long, oblong, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Ipomoea triloba, Little-bell

JK Marlow    jkm181111_5889

November    Williamsburg County    SC

Flowers vary in color from white to pink to pale purple and have darker centers, per New Invaders of the Southeast (Rawlins et al., 2018).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ipomoea triloba   FAMILY Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ipomoea triloba   FAMILY Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ipomoea triloba

SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Ipomoea triloba

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ipomoea triloba

 

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4144

Herbaceous vine (twining)
Perennial? Annual?

Habitat: hammocks, sand dunes, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: tropical America, apparently

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INVASIVE

This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Pink
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5 persistent unequal sepals
5-lobed funnelform corolla
5 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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