PLANTS Profile for Ipomoea lacunosa (whitestar)

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PLANTS Profile

Ipomoea lacunosa L.
whitestar

Symbol:

IPLA

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Convolvulaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Vine
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		W

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest National Technical Center, Lincoln. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Ipomoea lacunosa L.

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Distribution:
Ipomoea lacunosa L.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, CA, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Ipomoea lacunosa L.

View 18 genera in Convolvulaceae, 68 species in Ipomoea

Classification:
Ipomoea lacunosa L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Solanales
Family	Convolvulaceae – Morning-glory family
Genus	Ipomoea L. – morning-glory
Species	Ipomoea lacunosa L. – whitestar

Noxious Weed Information:
Ipomoea lacunosa L.

The related entities italicized and indented above are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

Arizona:
Ipomoea
morning glory		Prohibited noxious weed1
Arkansas:
Ipomoea
morning glory		Noxious weed

1 all species except Ipomoea carnea, Mexican bush morning glory, I. triloba, three-lobed morning glory, and I. arborescens, morning glory tree

U.S. Weed Information:
Ipomoea lacunosa L.

pitted morningglory
whitestar
Ipomoea
morning glory

This plant and the related entity italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

STATE		Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
KY		Haragan, P.D. 1991. Weeds of Kentucky and adjacent states: a field guide. The University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky. 278pp.
N'EAST		Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York. 397pp.
SWSS		Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.

Introduced Information:
Ipomoea lacunosa L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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