Annuals. Stems twining. Leaf blades ± elliptic to oblong, 10–90 × 5–45 mm overall, pin­natisect, base ± truncate, lobes 19–41+, filiform to linear, sur­faces glabrous. Peduncles gla­brous. Flowers: diurnal; sepals elliptic to oblong, 4–8 mm, chartaceous to coria­ceous, apex mucronate, surfaces glabrous; corolla usually red, sometimes white (in cultivars), salverform, 20–30 mm. 2n = 30.

Phenology: Flowering Jun–Oct.
Habitat: Abandoned plantings, forest edges, thickets.
Elevation: 0–1500 m.

Distribution

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Ont., Ala., Ark., D.C., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Kans., La., Md., Miss., Mo., N.Y., N.C., Okla., Pa., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va., Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America, Eurasia, Africa.

Discussion

Reports for Ipomoea quamoclit from Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and Virginia may be from horticul­tural plantings. A report from California is from a casual garden weed; it is not naturalized there.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.