Ivyleaf Morningglory

(Ipomoea hederacea)

Characteristics

Seedling	Leaves	Flowers	Fruit

Growing habits: Climbing or twining annual vining herb

Root anatomy: Fibrous roots from taproot

Leaf anatomy:  Alternate, simple, margins entire or lobed, either heart-shaped or with 3 lobes, pubescent, erect/suberect trichomes

Reproduction: Axillary inflorescences, up to 3 per axil, funnelform, blue with white center but becomes rose purple when withering, tips curled outward

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