Heavenly Blue

There are seemingly small but relevant details that someone who is experienced with these species would know to automatically look for and these are understandably easily overlooked by anyone who has not invested many years focusing on the relevant ID details...

I like to keep the focus purely on the scientific content and if that perspective is maintained, then there can be no misinterpretation.

I very frequently use the extra periods as simple spacers when I choose to use other than strict grammatical sentences if clauses seem to serve as well and / or to leave a statement a bit open ended and not quite so sharply concluded.

I pointed out what the relevant parts to look at were and I would like to assure you that there was only denotational content to be read and interpreted as there was no 'sideways' connotational content in print or as per my intent.

I own / moderate several groups devoted to Convolvulaceae and I know from well seasoned experience that mis-interpretations occur even in the most innocent of situations.

Peace

Seriously? His comment seemed a little rude to me. It came off as though I were an idiot with the () and then the extra periods. Whatever. My feelings don't matter I suppose.

Angela, Ron has taken the time to correctly identify this plant for you - & for explaining the difference between the species. I have removed your response because it was very discourteous. Please behave respectfully to other users on Project Noah.

Look along the lower edge of the photo and you can see that the pedicels and main stem are completely glabrous...and if it were Ipomoea purpurea (which it isn't) the stems would have at least a tiny bit of hair if not more...