680 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Ipomoea acetosaefolia (Vahl) Roem. & Schult. Syst. 4: 246. 1819. 
: WHITE-BLOOMING ~BASIDE MORNING GLORY, 
Convolvulus acetosaefolius Vabl, Ecl. Am.1:18. 1790. 
C. obtusilobus Michx. F1. Bor. Am. 1: 139. 1803. 
Batatas acetosaefolius and B. littoralis Chois. Convolv. Rar. 124. 1838. 
Convolvulus littoralis Dietrich, Syn. Pl. 1: 675. 1839. 
Ell. Sk. 1:252. Chap. Fl. 341. Gray, Syn. FL N. A. 2, pt.1:211. Coulter, Contr. 
Nat. Herb. 2:290. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 471. 
West INpIEs TO BRAZIL. 
Louisianian area. Seacoast of South Carolina to Florida, west to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Littoral region, dunes of drifting sand near the surf. Baldwin County, 
Josephine, Perdido Bay. Mobile County, Dauphin Island. Flowers white; July, 
August. Not frequent. Creeping, stems 3 to 4 feet long, the slender creeping roots 
deeply buried in the sand. Perennial. 
Type locality not ascertained. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Ipomoea jalapa Pursh, Fi. Am. Sept.1:146. 1814. FALsE JAAP. 
Convolvulus jalapa L. Mant. 1:43. 1767. 
Ipomoea macrorhiza Michx. Fl. Bor. Am.1:141. 1803. 
I. michauxii Sweet, Hort. Lond. 288. 1818. 
EIL. Sk. 1:253. Chap. Fl. 343._ Gray, Syn. FI. 2, pt.1:211. Coulter, Contr. Nat. 
Herb. 2:290. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 469. 
Jamaica, MEXICO TO BRAZIL. 
Louisianian area, South Carolina to Florida and Texas. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Mobile County. Frequently cultivated, rarely escaped 
to waste placesand hedge rows. Apparently notindigenous. Flowers pink; August. 
A strong climber from a large and ponderous root. Perennial. 
Economic uses: Ornameutal climber. 
Type locality: ‘‘Near the sea shore of Georgia and Florida.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. 
Ipomoea pandurata (L.) Meyer, Prim. Fl. Essequ. 100. 1818. 
WILD Porato. COMMON WHITE BINDWEED. 
Convolvulus panduratus L. Sp. Pl.1:153. 1753. 
Ell. Sk. 1:254. Gray, Man. ed. 6,369. Chap. F1.343. Gray, Syn. FI.N. A. 2, pt. 
1:211. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2:290. Griseb. F]. Brit. W. Ind. 468. 
West INpiEs, MExIco TO BraziL. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Ontario; southern New York west to Michigan 
and Missouri, south to the Gulf, and from Florida to Texas and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Throughout the State in the valley Jands. Most abundant south of 
the Central Pine belt to the Coast plain. In light warm soil, fields, pastures. 
Flowers white, with a dark purple spot in center; July, August. Seedsripe August 
to October. Many stems, from a large fleshy tuberous root; most troublesome weed 
in the rich agricultural lands. Perennial. 
Type locality: ‘Hab. in Virginiae arenosis.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Ipomoea sagittata Poir. Voy. Barb. 2:122. 1789. ARROW-LEAr MORNING GLORY. 
Convolvulus speciosus Walt. Fl. Car. 93. 1788. 
C. sagittifolius Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1:138. 1803. i 
Ell. Sk. 1:254. Chap. FI. 344. Gray, Syn. FI.N. A. 2, pt.1:212. Coulter, Contr. 
Nat. Herb. 2: 290. 
Cuba, SPAIN, NORTH AMERICA. 
Louisianian area. Coast of North Carolina to Florida, west to Texas. 
ALABAMA: Coast plain. Littoral region. Slightly brackish and salt marsues. 
Mobile County, river marshes; Dauphin Island and West Fowl River salt marshes. 
Baldwin County, Point Clear. Flowers bright pink to light purple, closing early 
in the forenoon; July, August; frequent. Twining around tall marsh weeds. 
Perennial. 
Type lovality not ascertained. 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Ipomoea lacunosa L. Sp. Pl.1:161. 1753. WHITE Star IPpomora. 
Ell. Sk. 1:259. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 369. Chap. Fl. 343. Gray, Syn. FIN. A. 2. pt. 
1:213. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2: 291. 
Carolinian and Lonisianian areas, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio Valley, Missouri 
and Arkansas, south to Florida aud along the Gulf to Texas. 
