Rock rosemary

Ipomoea quinquefolia Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 162. 1753

Stems glabrous. Leaf blades ± orbiculate to polygonal, palmately compound, 15–50 × 25–70 mm, (3–)5(–7)-foliolate; leaflets elliptic or lanceolate to oblanceolate, margins remotely serrate to subentire, surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences 3–9-flowered cymes or com­pound cymes or flowers solitary. Flowers: sepals oblong, outer 3–5 mm, inner 4–7 mm, apex obtuse, abaxial surface glabrous; corolla white, 15–25 mm, glabrous.

Flowering Dec–Jun. Pinelands, disturbed sites; 0–10 m; Fla.; West Indies; Central America; South America; introduced in Old World subtropics and tropics.