CONVOLVULUS FAMILY CONVOLVULACEAE 
WILD MORNING GLORY 
Ipomoea hederacea Jacq. 
Members of the Convolvulus family are largely tropical, 
the majority trailing or climbing vines although there are a 
few trees and numerous shrubs among them. Most important 
economically are the 
Sweet Potato and the 
Morning Glories. 
The Wild Morning 
Glory is a tropical plant 
which has _ become 
naturalized farther 
north. It is found in cul- 
tivated fields and waste 
places from Maine to 
Florida and west to 
Nebraska and Mexico. 
In Illinois it is common 
throughout, especially in 
cornfields. 
It is an annual, easily 
exterminated by culti- 
vation, but likely to 
come up several years in 
succession since the seeds 
retain their vitality for 
some time. The whole plant is hairy. The slender stems twine 
2-5 feet high about any available support. The deeply 3-lobed 
leaves easily distinguish this plant from the cultivated Morning 
Glory, which has unlobed leaves. 
Although considered a weed, this plant bears pretty light 
blue or purple flowers, 1-3 on axillary peduncles. They bloom 
from July until freezing weather, opening early in the morning 
and closing soon after the sun is out. The 5 sepals are long and 
narrow and often the tips are recurved. The corolla is funnel- 
form, the tube often nearly white and the limb light blue or 
purple. The 5 stamens are included in the tube. The ovary is 
3-celled, the style slender and the stigma 3-lobed. The fruit is - 
a capsule containing several seeds. : 
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