Cypressvine Morningglory

(Ipomoea quamoclit)

Cypressvine Morningglory

Characteristics
Seedling Leaves Flowers Fruit
Cypressvine morningglory cypressvine leaves cypressvine flower cypressvine fruit

Growing habit: Climbing or twining vining annual herb

Root anatomy: Fibrous roots from taproot

Leaf anatomy: Leaves alternate, simple, deeply pinnately divided with 9-19 pairs of opposite linear segments

Reproduction: Inflorescence axillary, solitary or 2-5 in cymes, funnelform, deep red to scarlet-white, elliptic to oblong

References: Weeds of the South by Charles T. Bryson and Michael S. DeFelice