Tall Morningglory

[Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth]

Convolvulaceae (Morningglory Family)

▲ ▼ seedlings and young plants

▲ flower

▲ early seed pod development

▲ ▼ vine on fence

▲ flowers

Tall morningglory  (pp. 272-273, Weeds of the Great Plains, pp. 214-217, Weeds of the Northeast)

·        has heart-shaped leaves

·        has fairly large, attractive white, pink, blue or violet flowers

·        small oval seed pods; reproduces readily by seed

·       several varieties of the cultivated annual morningglory are the same species

·        summer annual