What cultivar is this volunteer?

This showed up in one area of my backyard. I am wondering if it is a native Florida MG vine?

It is a small pink/lavender color bloom with large heart-shaped leaves. It's in a neglected area of my yard.

Since I put a bird feeder in my yard, a number of interesting plants have showed up!

Could it be lacunosa?
~Sylvia

That looks so much like that tiny flower on I. grandiflora from Lima, Peru. At first i thought a smaller version of I. corditotriloba but those have different shaped leaves. Yours has the heart shaped like the one above. Very interesting.. maybe a lacunosa, the one i have is white and very small tiny flower.

Isn't it neat that now we know to look in our own yards for these.. this is the first time I find one that just shows up on it's own.

This message was edited Oct 30, 2007 10:25 AM

Becky . . .

Looks like Ipomoea cordatotriloba to me.
Probably the cooler weather is the result of the smaller/partially opened bloom.
Also, Ipomoea cordatotriloba is a Florida native AND a Texas native.

Ipomoea cordatotriloba can have either Heart-Shaped Leaves or Tri-Lobed Leaves. I have had vines with both type leaves.

Emma

I could be wrong but this one is growing wild in Florida:
http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=IPTR2

Hi Beth,
Could very well be, but still looks like Ipomoea cordatotriloba to me.

Hey, maybe Karen can clear this up.

Emma

To deepen the mystery...apparently cordatotriloba and lacunosa can cross, according to this gov website.
http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=IPLE4

Thank you Sylvia, Antoinette, Beth, and Emma for trying to ID my mystery vine. It does look alot like the photos of Ipomoea cordatotriloba!

Becky, isn't that color pretty? Very strong statement that flower makes.

Ron was kind enough to d-mail about an ID for this vine. Here is what he said:

"The plant in your thread is Ipomoea triloba...without going into too much detail the relatively small flower size as compared Ipomoea cordatotriloba is one of the easiest keys... "

The blooms on this plant are very small, so I believe that Ron has positively identified it.

Thanks to everyone for your efforts to help me figure out what MG species/cultivar my little mystery vine is! :-)

And A - I do like the pretty color! :-) Even if it isn't the plant everyone thought it was. :-)

it is Ipomoea cordatotriloba heres a pic of mine they grow wild here in florida mine may look brighter but i give mine lots of fertlizer paul ps.a common name is little bell

This message was edited Nov 2, 2007 8:53 AM

Paul . . .

To me your MG looks like what Becky posted
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid=4128484

that Ron ID'd as Ipomoea triloba

BTW, Beth, Way to go - that You too ID'd this as Ipomoea triloba

Here is one of my photos of Ipomoea cordatotriloba for comparison
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/163441/

Emma

Yup Same Flower

The determining factor was the size of the blooms. My blooms are maybe an 1 1/2". Very small blooms. If you look at a photo of Ipomoea triloba you will see how it resembles mine:
http://www.invasive.org/browse/subject.cfm?sub=5813
http://www.hear.org/starr/hiplants/images/600max/html/starr_050518_1622_ipomoea_triloba.html

Ironically, this is a plant considered a native of Hawaii.