Jacquemontia tamnifolia "Smallflower Morning Glory"

This vine reseeds itself everywhere on my property and it grows really fast. It doesn't seem to climb trees but spreads everywhere along the ground. Does anyone else have problems with it?

http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/71746/

That's one I don't have and I haven't dealt with it. I had to look it up. Appears it has another common name of Jacquemontia Bindweed. From what I've read, it looks as if it is a problem child plant.

I didn't know what it was either until I posted a picture of it in the ID forum. It's very aggressive. It doesn't seem to do as well in deep shade so it must be a sun lover.

Here's how they start out.

Here's one starting to spread.

We sure don't have a problem with it spreading...ours never comes back. We call it "Hairy Cluster Vine" and it's a native we've encouraged...Go figure! LOL

I thought it was native to South America?

According to ISB Plant Atlas and BRA it's native (to Florida). These two sites sometimes butt heads on native v naturalized but they agree on this plant.

http://www.biologicalresearch.com/plants/plant_www.php?uniq=jacqu_tam

http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/main.asp?plantID=3269

Edited to fix initials

This message was edited Aug 24, 2006 8:25 PM

Now this site http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/BODY_FW024 says it's a weed in Florida and tells how to get rid of it. And from this site http://www.missouriplants.com/Bluealt/Jacquemontia_tamnifolia_page.html

Obviously the plant can become a nuisance to some people, some areas and that is true of many natives. This one is much less frequent in central Florida than in northern Florida and only vouchered (according to my source, mind you) in 2 south Florida counties, Dade and Palm Beach

I'm all behind the protection of native plants and species and have spent a few years photographing and (trying to) IDing what is and isn't. We don't lightly add plants to our land, especially vines that tend to go wild.

I guess, when reading that, and it's in MO already and close the Mississippi (I'm in IL, not far from the Mississippi), that's when I got a little worried. My post above wasn't an attack on what you plant at all Floridian. I just kept reading the above, that I copied here, and got a little worried. That's all.

That second link does report it being native to the southeast, but I will still try to pull most of mine up before they get a chance to flower.

Terry, no problem, in no way did I feel attacked. Native or not if a plant is, or becomes, a problem it needs to be dealt with.

My native nemisis is the dreaded TRUMPET VINE! Campsis radicans comes up everywhere. I feel your pain escambiaguy even though I wish we had your plant...but maybe not quite so many.

(I love BESusans too! LOL)

I hate that stuff Floridian! I had it at another house and after about 7 years, it was coming up all over. I finally just sprayed it with round-up (took multiple tries) and it died. Thankfully, I got it in time and it wasn't spreading to my neighbors at all.