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Convolvulaceae

Convolvulaceae
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Sue Carnahan
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JANAS 30(2)
PLANTS: Trees, shrubs, herbs, or vines, the sap milky in some species; rootstocks swollen and fleshy to fibrous. LEAVES: simple, entire to pinnately lobed, pectinate, or palmately compound, exstipulate. INFLORESCENCE: axillary cymes, racemes, panicles, or flowers solitary. FLOWERS: perfect (in ours), actinomorphic, hypogynous, small and inconspicuous to large and showy, but mostly wilting quickly; sepals 5, distinct, imbricate, equal or unequal, persistent, occasionally accrescent in fruit; petals 5 united; stamens 5, distinct, epipetalous; pistil of 2-3(-6) carpels, the ovary 1-4-locular, the styles 1-2, the stigmas variable. FRUITS: capsules, utricles, or baccate. SEEDS: 1-4, glabrous or pubescent. NOTES: About 55 genera, 1200 spp.; most common in the tropics and sub-tropics. Includes sweet potato REFERENCES: Austin, Daniel F. 1998. J. Ariz. - Nev. Acad. Sci. Convolvulaceae 30(2): 61.
Duration: Perennial Nativity: Native Lifeform: Vine
Species within checklist: South Dakota
Calystegia macounii
Media resource of Calystegia macounii
Calystegia sepium
Media resource of Calystegia sepium
Convolvulus ambigens
Media resource of Convolvulus ambigens
Convolvulus arvensis
Media resource of Convolvulus arvensis
Convolvulus incanus
Media resource of Convolvulus incanus
Convolvulus interior
Media resource of Convolvulus interior
Convolvulus purpureus
Media resource of Convolvulus purpureus
Convolvulus repens
Media resource of Convolvulus repens
Cuscuta arvensis
Media resource of Cuscuta arvensis
Cuscuta campestris
Media resource of Cuscuta campestris
Cuscuta cephalanthi
Media resource of Cuscuta cephalanthi
Cuscuta coryli
Media resource of Cuscuta coryli
Cuscuta curta
Media resource of Cuscuta curta
Cuscuta cuspidata
Media resource of Cuscuta cuspidata
Cuscuta epithymum
Media resource of Cuscuta epithymum
Cuscuta glomerata
Media resource of Cuscuta glomerata
Cuscuta gronovii
Media resource of Cuscuta gronovii
Cuscuta indecora
Media resource of Cuscuta indecora
Cuscuta megalocarpa
Media resource of Cuscuta megalocarpa
Cuscuta pentagona
Media resource of Cuscuta pentagona
Cuscuta suaveolens
Media resource of Cuscuta suaveolens
Cuscuta umbrosa
Media resource of Cuscuta umbrosa
Evolvulus argenteus
Media resource of Evolvulus argenteus
Evolvulus nuttallianus
Media resource of Evolvulus nuttallianus
Evolvulus pilosus
Media resource of Evolvulus pilosus
Grammica campestris
Media resource of Grammica campestris
Grammica cephalanthi
Media resource of Grammica cephalanthi
Grammica coryli
Media resource of Grammica coryli
Grammica cuspidata
Media resource of Grammica cuspidata
Grammica gronovii
Media resource of Grammica gronovii
Grammica pentagona
Media resource of Grammica pentagona
Grammica umbrosa
Media resource of Grammica umbrosa
Ipomoea barbigera
Media resource of Ipomoea barbigera
Ipomoea desertorum
Media resource of Ipomoea desertorum
Ipomoea hederacea
Media resource of Ipomoea hederacea
Ipomoea hirsutula
Media resource of Ipomoea hirsutula
Ipomoea leptophylla
Media resource of Ipomoea leptophylla
Ipomoea nil
Media resource of Ipomoea nil
Ipomoea purpurea
Media resource of Ipomoea purpurea
Pharbitis barbigera
Media resource of Pharbitis barbigera
Pharbitis hederacea
Media resource of Pharbitis hederacea
Pharbitis purpurea
Media resource of Pharbitis purpurea
Strophocaulos arvensis
Media resource of Strophocaulos arvensis
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