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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Convolvulaceae
Ipomoea hederacea Jacq.
ivy-leaved morning-glory
Ipomoea: from Greek ips, "a worm," and homoios, "like," thus "like a worm," referring to the twining habit of the plant's growth
hederacea: of or pertaining to ivy
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| Status: | Introduced - naturalized |
| Plant: | twining, annual, 3'-6' long, herbaceous vine with hairy stems |
| Flower: | blue to purple, 5-parted, 1 1/4"-2" long, funnel-shaped, sepals often unequal;  blooms July-Sept. |
| Leaf: | usually shallowly 3-lobed, leaf stalk shorter than the flower stalk  |
| Habitat: | disturbed areas |
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