NameThatPlant.net: Jacquemontia tamnifolia

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Jacquemontia tamnifolia FAMILY Convolvulaceae Go to FSUS key

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Read more about Jacquemontia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Jacquemontia tamnifolia FAMILY Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-04-001:

Jacquemontia tamnifolia FAMILY Convolvulaceae

COMMON NAME:
Common Jacquemontia, Hairy Clustervine, Tie Vine, Smallflower Morning Glory

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Jacquemontia tamnifolia FAMILY Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Jacquemontia tamnifolia FAMILY Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-04-001:
Jacquemontia tamnifolia FAMILY Convolvulaceae

3099

Herbaceous vine (twining)
Annual

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, other disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Original distribution unclear, probably not native to the SE US

Uncommon in GA & SC, rare in NC

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Does not have milky sap

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Blue
5-merous
5 sepals
Shallowly 5-lobed funnelform corolla
5 stamens
Superior ovary

Flowers in dense, hairy capitate clusters

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

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