Smallflower Morningglory
Jacquemontia tamnifolia (L.) Griseb.
Convolvulaceae (Morningglory Family)
▲ seedling
▲ mature plant
▲leaf
▲▼ flowers
▲fruit
Smallflower Morningglory:
has heart-shaped, fuzzy leaves with indented veins that curve to parallel
outer leaf margins
flowers are very tiny, lavender blue and held in dense, hairy clusters in
axils of leaves
a problem more in southern row crops than in Missouri, but occasionally
found in southeast Missouri row crops