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Scientific name:

Ipomoea lacunosa

Vernacular name:

Morning-glory, White


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White Morning-glory

Scientific name: Ipomoea lacunosa L.

Diagnostic features
Stems to 2m.
Leaves entire or rather shallowly 3-lobed.
Sepals 6-13mm, shortly acuminate.
Corolla 1.5-2.5cm, usually white.
Ovary 2-celled.
Stigma 2-lobed.

Chromosome number: (2n=30).

Habitat
Introduced-casual; a rather constant casual from soyabean waste.

Distribution
Very local and sporadic in South England; Southeast North America.

This species is keyed out on Page3583: Ipomoea in the Text Key.

Ipomoea lacunosa
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