Smallflower Morningglory
Smallflower Morningglory
Jacquemontia tamnifolia (L.) Griseb.
Convolvulaceae (Morningglory Family)
▲ seedling
▲ mature plant
▲leaf
▲ ▼ flowers
▲fruit
Smallflower Morningglory:
- has heart-shaped, fuzzy leaves with indented veins that curve to parallel outer leaf margins
- flowers are very tiny, lavender blue and held in dense, hairy clusters in axils of leaves
- a problem more in southern row crops than in Missouri, but occasionally found in southeast Missouri row crops