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Old 04-13-2011, 11:42 PM
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Does this plant look familiar?

My aunt grows these outside of Asheville, NC and they do so well, and I had some seeds and planted some here, and now that its blooming I have a couple of blooms to put with it. The leaves are definate heart shaped, and the plant spreads out, but does not grab like vines. Any help would be appreciated.
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Old 04-13-2011, 11:56 PM
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It's a morning glory (Ipomoea). I don't recognize the exact type.
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I was thinking the same as what Kip said.
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I had thought maybe, but since the flower is star shaped I thought maybe not. All the morning glories I had seen before, the flowers were bigger, and round shaped with the star outline in it, not star shaped.
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Ipomoea nil (Japanese morning glory) has a few varieties with star shaped flowers. there may be star shaped flowers in other species as well.
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