Weed
swamp morning-glory, water spinach, Chinese waterspinach
True seedTrue seed:
A mature fertilized ovule consisting of an embryo, with or without and external food reserve (e.g., endosperm) enclosed by the testa.
OvalOval:
Broadly elliptic.
and two flat surfaces above hilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus).
Dark brown
Smooth
HilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus). indented, round, surrounded with dense hairs and lateral to the base.
Seed is rounded on the ventralVentral:
Adaxial; of the side of an organ facing the axis (compare dorsal).
side and with two flat surfaces on the dorsalDorsal:
Upper side or back of a seed or fruit.
(hilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus).) side.
State Noxious Weed: Arizona, Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas
Federal
Learn more on ITP's Federal Noxious Weed Disseminules tool.
Not included
For more information, see ISMA fact sheet, Ipomoea spp.
Convolvulaceae
Ipomoea aquatica Forssk.
Ipomoea reptans auct.
