Morning Glory
Ipomoea hederacea
Photographed in Maricopa Co., Arizona 07 Oct. 2007. Photograph is also hosted at Wikimedia where there are more photos of morning glory species.
FLOWERS: Large (~9 cm wide),
showy flowers are usu blue to lavender or purple in color. Funnel shaped.
VINE: Herbaceous vine with numerous twining stems extending up to
several meters.
LEAVES: Leaves usu. three broad lobes - may have fewer or more lobes.
FRUIT: A globose capsule with usu. 4 seeds. The long, hirsute sepals are
characteristic.
RANGE: A common weed in agricultural districts in the Sonoran Desert.
Needs an abundance of water which generally excludes this plant from all but
the wettest riparian habitats. Regulated as a noxious weed in Arizona -
cultivation and transplant prohibited.
UNARMED.