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§1 Plant

Ipomoea quamoclit L.

vernacular cypressvine — species · Convolvulaceae


USDA
IPQU
GBIF
2928562
Rank
species
cypressvine (Ipomoea quamoclit)
Platephotograph · meghanvroberts source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb, Vine
Duration
Annual
Group
Dicot
Family
Convolvulaceae Juss.
Genus
Ipomoea
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Introduced
  • L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
  • PB Pacific Basin (except Hawaii) Introduced
  • PR Puerto Rico Introduced
  • VI U.S. Virgin Islands Introduced
§2b

County-level range

· 123 counties across 15 states/territories
Legend Native · 0 Introduced · 123 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.


§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 123 counties across 15 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 15 I
Arkansas view state ↗ 3 I
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I
Florida view state ↗ 32 I
Georgia view state ↗ 13 I
Indiana view state ↗ 1 I
Kentucky view state ↗ 3 I
Louisiana view state ↗ 28 I
Mississippi view state ↗ 7 I
Missouri view state ↗ 2 I
North Carolina view state ↗ 5 I
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 3 I
South Carolina view state ↗ 6 I
Tennessee view state ↗ 2 I
Virginia view state ↗ 2 I

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/IPQU ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2928562 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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