Ipomoea lacunosa Linnaeus. Common name: Small White Morning-glory, Whitestar. Phenology: Jul-Dec. Habitat: Riverbanks, marshes, swamps, fields, roadsides, disturbed areas. Distribution: NJ west to OH, IL, and KS, south to FL and e. TX.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, F, Fl6, FNA14, G, GrPl, GW2, Il, K4, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, S, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, WV, Austin & Huáman (1996), Austin (1984), Liao et al (2022), Wood et al (2020b). Basionym: Ipomoea lacunosa L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Ipomoea lacunosa - FNA14
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW
- Great Plains: FACW
- Midwest: FACW
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACW
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Herbaceous annual vine of river banks, marshes, swamps, fields, roadsides and disturbed areas.
Stems: Stems twining or trailing, smooth or slightly hairy.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate, heart-shaped with a deep notch at the base or angular to 3-lobed, 2-4 in. long, with scattered white hairs above.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in clusters of 1-5 from leaf axils; white (occasionally pink or pale purple); 5/8-1 in. wide; consisting of a funnel-shaped corolla with 5 short lobes at the rim, a calyx of 5 hairy, lance-shaped sepals, and 5 stamens with purple anthers.
Fruits: Fruit a round capsule.
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Height: 2-10 ft.
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description: Herbaceous annual vine of river banks, marshes, swamps, fields, roadsides and disturbed areas.
stems: Stems twining or trailing, smooth or slightly hairy.
leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate, heart-shaped with a deep notch at the base or angular to 3-lobed, 2-4 in. long, with scattered white hairs above.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in clusters of 1-5 from leaf axils; white (occasionally pink or pale purple); 5/8-1 in. wide; consisting of a funnel-shaped corolla with 5 short lobes at the rim, a calyx of 5 hairy, lance-shaped sepals, and 5 stamens with purple anthers.
fruits: Fruit a round capsule.
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