Ivyleaf morningglory – Ipomoea hederacea
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EmailIpomoea hederacea (L.) Jacq.
Convolvulaceae (Morningglory family)
MI Status
Non-native
Life cycle
Twining summer annual vine.
Leaves
Cotyledons are butterfly-shaped and usually narrower at the base. Leaves are alternate with erect hairs on both surfaces. The first leaf may be unlobed; all other leaves are three-lobed and ivy-shaped.
Stems
Densely hairy, climbing or trailing, twining vines up to 6 feet or more in length.
Flowers and fruit
Blue to purple or white petals fused into a funnel shape. Fruits are egg-shaped capsules containing dull gray, brown, or black seeds with one round and two flattened surfaces.
Reproduction
Seeds.
Similar weeds
Entireleaf morningglory
(I. hederacea var. integriuscula Gray)
Differs only from ivyleaf morningglory by having heart-shaped leaves. Leaf hairs
are erect on both surfaces.
Pitted morningglory (I. lacunosa L.)
Differs by having V-shaped cotyledons and heart-shaped leaves with no to few hairs.
Tall morningglory [I. purpurea (L.) Roth]
Differs by having butterfly-shaped cotyledons with tips and bases similar in width and heart-shaped leaves with dense hairs that lie flat.
