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Botanical Family · Solanales

Convolvulaceae

Morning glory family

66 speciesOrder Solanales8+ well-known plants

The morning glory family of twining herbs and shrubs. Known for their funnel-shaped flowers that often open in the morning and fade by afternoon. Includes the sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) and many ornamental climbers. Some members are parasitic (dodders, Cuscuta).

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Representative CONVOLVULACEAE specimen
Representative specimen · Convolvulaceae
Key pattern

Twining vines with alternate leaves and funnel-shaped flowers, the petals fused into one face with faint star-like pleats.

Several genera carry psychoactive alkaloids in the seeds, and the family spans everything from the edible sweet potato to the leafless, parasitic dodder vine.

Identify the species

Which Convolvulaceae species is this?

Answer what you can see and narrow it down to a single Convolvulaceae species.

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Flower ColorWhat color are the flowers?
Blue
Pink
Purple
Red
White
Yellow
Leaf ShapeWhat is the overall shape of the leaf blade?
Cordate (heart-shaped)
Elliptic (widest at middle)
Ovate
Sagittate (arrowhead-shaped)
Leaf ShapeWhat is the overall shape of the leaf blade?
Cordate
Cordate (heart-shaped)
Elliptic (widest at middle)
Ovate
Palmately lobed (hand-like)
Sagittate (arrowhead-shaped)
Thick, fleshy, notched at tip (goat's foot shape)
HabitWhat is the plant's growth habit?
Climbing vine
Shrub
Leaf ShapeWhat is the overall shape of the leaf blade?
Cordate
Cordate (heart-shaped)
Ovate
Leaf ShapeWhat is the overall shape of the leaf blade?
Cordate (heart-shaped)
Finely divided/fern-like
Palmately lobed (hand-like)
Leaf ShapeWhat is the overall shape of the leaf blade?
Cordate (heart-shaped)
Elliptic (widest at middle)
Finely divided/fern-like
Lanceolate
Orbicular (round)
Ovate
Palmately lobed (hand-like), 5 leaflets
Palmately lobed (hand-like), hairy
Sagittate (arrowhead-shaped)
HabitWhat is the plant's growth habit?
Climbing vine
Tree
HabitWhat is the plant's growth habit?
Climbing vine
Herb
Leaf ShapeWhat is the overall shape of the leaf blade?
Cordate (heart-shaped)
Palmately lobed (hand-like), grape-like
Reniform (kidney-shaped)
Sagittate (arrowhead-shaped)

How to recognise the Convolvulaceae family

  • 01

    Funnel-shaped, often showy flowers

  • 02

    Twining or prostrate habit

  • 03

    Latex present in many species

Typical leaf characters

Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.

Typical flower & fruit

Typical of the family — flowering plants only; species can vary.

Notable members

WoodroseArgyreia bracteataPurple Morning GloryArgyreia cuneataClustered WoodroseArgyreia cymosaOval Leaved SilverweedArgyreia ellipticaHairy Morning GloryArgyreia hirsutaElephant Creeper, Woolly Morning GloryArgyreia nervosaShingled SilverweedArgyreia osyrensisSilky Wood RoseArgyreia sericea

All 66 species in CONVOLVULACEAE

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