Ipomoea sagittata
Convolvulaceae
alternate
petiolate
entire
simple
lanceolate, deltoid, ovate, sagittate
forb, vine
blue, pink, purple, red
April - October
0.1 - 3.0
No
Unarmed
native
perennial
Warm season
FACW
8
6
Heart-shaped leaves and rounded lobes. Not hairy.
The following information is for the genus Ipomoea: Animals that eat the seeds: Bobwhite quail, Gambel quail. Animals that eat the leaves: Cottontail rabbit (Martin et al. 1951).
Found growing in sandy and muck soils on beaches, dunes, coastal marshes and coastal prairies along gulf coast. Usually thought of as a marsh species, salt marsh morning-glory is quite common in Louisiana's prairie remnants. It ranges from Texas to Florida and the West Indies. The Acadians of south Louisiana call all morning-glories "liseron" (Holmes 1990).
Moist sandy margins of brackish marshes, beaches and dunes along Gulf coast.