Ipomoea quamoclit
Cypress vine

DSCN5670.jpg (44092 bytes)
Images Copyright 2001, David L. Green
August 20, 1:15 PM, Hemingway, SC USA

Family: Convolvulaceae (morning glory family)
Introduced, very common, weedy or invasive
Weed in cultivated field
Observed pollinators: one sulfur butterfly, one silver spotted skipper.   Very little pollinator activity
Note pollen, still plentiful late in the day

dscn6030.jpg (8802 bytes)
White variant

DO POLLINATION SYNDROMES EXIST? A COMPARATIVE APPROACH, Dexter Sowell* and Lorne Wolfe, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460  Reports pollination by bumblebees, hummingbirds and lepidopterans

Back to Plant Database      Home