Pitted morningglory

Common Name:

morningglory, pitted

Scientific Name:

Ipomoea lacunosa

Family:

Convolvulaceae

Lifecycle:

Annual

Features

Twining annual vine. Flowers white to lavender, white more common. Often develops purple coloring along leaf edges; deeply indented cotyledonary leaves with narrow points and glabrous. Leaves can be variable from heart-shaped to lobed; blunt to sharp point; more or less smooth with basal pubescence.

Description

Broadly distributed common annual vine. Found in waste areas, crop areas, and fence rows.