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Morning Glory Family
3 species
Order: Solanales
Family: Convolvulaceae (Morning Glory family)
Genus: Ipomoea
Species: Purpurea
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Annual - also known as Common Morning Glory - mature
leaves are heart shaped - flowers are purple or pink, open
in the morning and close in the afternoon - native to tropical
America
leaves are heart shaped - flowers are purple or pink, open
in the morning and close in the afternoon - native to tropical
America
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated December 4 2015
More Tall Morning Glory
Order: Solanales
Family: Convolvulaceae (Morning Glory family)
Genus: Convolvulus
Species: Arvensis ("of fields")
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Perennial - flowers white to pink - similar to Hedge
bindweed but has smaller leaves and flowers, leaf tip
more blunt , different bracts (see below) - roots can
extend up to 5 m into the soil - native to Eurasia
bindweed but has smaller leaves and flowers, leaf tip
more blunt , different bracts (see below) - roots can
extend up to 5 m into the soil - native to Eurasia
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated November 6 2015
More Field Bindweed
Order: Solanales
Family: Convolvulaceae (Morning Glory family)
Genus: Calystegia (also Convolvulus)
Species: Sepium ("of hedges")
Kingdom: Plantae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Perennial - flowers white to pink - similar to Field bindweed
but has larger leaves and flowers, leaf tip more pointed,
different bracts (see below) - native to Canada
but has larger leaves and flowers, leaf tip more pointed,
different bracts (see below) - native to Canada
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Updated August 1 2010
More Hedge Bindweed
Bracts of Field Bindweed (left) and Hedge Bindweed - July 2010
The two small bracts of Field Bindweed (left) are 1 or 2
inches below the flower - the two larger bracts of Hedge
Bindweed (right) cover the sepals
inches below the flower - the two larger bracts of Hedge
Bindweed (right) cover the sepals
Tall Morning Glory - flower 5 to 7.5 cm long - leaves 5 to 12.5 cm - vine to 3 m - Leslie Spit - August 2009
Field Bindweed - flower approx. 2 cm long - leaves 2 to 6 cm - vine to 1.3 m - Beaver Creek (Richmond Hill) - July 2009
Hedge Bindweed (with Dog-strangling Vine) - flower to 8 cm long - leaves 5 to 12 cm - vine to 3 m - Lower Don Valley (Leaside) - July 2009