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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Ipomoea lacunosa
 
 
 CLASS:    DICOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    POLEMONIALES
 FAMILY:   CONVOLVULACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Ipomoea lacunosa
 AUTHORITY:  L.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    SMALL WHITE MORNING-GLORY
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: IPLA
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       THICKETS
     PRAIRIE
       TYPICAL PRAIRIE
         MESIC
     WETLAND
       BORDER OF LAKE
     CULTURAL
       SUCCESSIONAL FIELD
 
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:
     NO
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   ADAMS           ALEXANDER       BROWN           BUREAU          CALHOUN
   CASS            CHAMPAIGN       CHRISTIAN       CLARK           CLAY
   CLINTON         CRAWFORD        CUMBERLAND      DOUGLAS         EDGAR
   EFFINGHAM       FAYETTE         FRANKLIN        FULTON          GALLATIN
   GREENE          HAMILTON        HANCOCK         HARDIN          HENDERSON
   JACKSON         JERSEY          JOHNSON         LAWRENCE        LOGAN
   MACON           MACOUPIN        MADISON         MARION          MARSHALL
   MASON           MASSAC          MENARD          MONROE          MONTGOMERY
   MORGAN          PEORIA          PERRY           PIKE            POPE
   PULASKI         PUTNAM          RANDOLPH        RICHLAND        ROCK ISLAND
   ST. CLAIR       SALINE          SANGAMON        SCHUYLER        SCOTT
   TAZEWELL        UNION           WABASH          WASHINGTON      WAYNE
   WHITE           WILLIAMSON      WOODFORD
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Dicot-herb
 
 TAXONOMY COMMENTS:
     This is including F. purpurata Fern.
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Primary
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:   Alternate
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Entire   Lobed
    LEAF VENATION:  Pinnate
    LEAF SHAPE:     Ovate     Cordate
    INFLORESCENCE:   Solitary- few
    FLOWER MEROUS:  5
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Complete   Regular
    FLOWER COLOR:   Red   Violet   White
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Hypogynous
    FRUIT:   Capsule
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Occasional
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Vine   Forb
     LIFE CYCLE:   Annual
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      7         MONTH END-     10
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     SEX:      Perfect
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Species is distributed along railroads; gravel bars along streams; roadsides;
     waste areas; wet meadows.
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:   No data entered
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:    No data entered
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     SHOWY FLOWERS:  YES      AMOUNT:  Low
     LANDSCAPING:  NO
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:   No data entered
 
 REVEGETATION PLANTINGS:    No data entered
 
 
 REFERENCES:
Mohlenbrock, R. H., ed.  1975.  Guide to the vascular flora of Illinois.
     Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.  494 pp.
Jones, G. N.  1963.  Flora of Illinois.  Third ed.  American Midland Naturalist
     Monograph 7.  University of Notre Dame, Indiana.  401 pp.
Steyermark, J. A.  1963.  Flora of Missouri.  Iowa State University Press, Ames.
     1725 pp.
Gleason, H. A., and A. Cronquist.  1963.  Manual of vascular plants of north-
     eastern United States and adjacent Canada.  Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.,
     New York.  810 pp.
Fernald, M. L.  1950.  Gray's manual of botany.  8th ed.  American Book Co.,
     New York.  1632 pp.
Swink, F., and G. S. Wilhelm.  1979.  Plants of the Chicago region.  Third ed.
     The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois.  922 pp.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Ipomoea lacunosa
 
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 ILPIN was developed by Louis Iverson*, with data compiled by David Ketzner and Jeanne Karnes
 Illinois Natural History Survey, 607 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820
     *currently employed by USDA Forest Service, 359 Main Rd., Delaware, OH 43015