Question: This flower, taken on 6/20/13, on the Joppa Flats grounds, Newburyport, doesn't seem to quite match up with your Ipomoea …
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This flower, taken on 6/20/13, on the Joppa Flats grounds, Newburyport, doesn't seem to quite match up with your Ipomoea (Morning-glory) suspects, though it seems to look most like I. purpurea. I note the dark stems, and the more triangular leaves. Are there other flowers that look like Morning-glories?
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Dear chaffeemonell, you've photographed Calystegia sepium (hedge false bindweed), a member of the Convolvulaceae. Note the two large green bracts that conceal the sepals (this is an important characteristic that identifies the genus). There are four different subspecies in New England, three of them native (and likely the one you've photographed is a native). Best wishes.
