Ipomoea alba |
Ipomoea leptophylla |
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moon flower, tropical white morning-glory |
bush morning-glory |
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Habit | Perennials. | Perennials, taproot relatively large. |
Stems | twining, usually prickly, sometimes rooting at nodes. |
usually erect, sometimes ± trailing. |
Leaf | blades broadly ovate to triangular or 3–5-lobed, 50–150 × 50–150 mm, base cordate, surfaces usually glabrous, rarely hairy. |
blades lance-linear to linear, 30–80(–150) × 2–8(–10) mm, base ± cuneate, surfaces glabrous. |
Peduncles | glabrous. |
glabrous. |
Flowers | nocturnal; sepals ovate, 7–15 mm, ± coriaceous, apex acute, outers each with midrib extending as ± corniform appendage; corolla white, throat green-banded inside, salverform, 70–150 mm. |
sepals elliptic, orbiculate, or ovate, 5–10 mm, chartaceous or coriaceous, apex obtuse; corolla lavender-pink to purple-red, throat darker, funnelform, 50–90 mm. |
Fruits | 20–30 mm. |
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2n | = 30. |
= 30. |
Ipomoea alba |
Ipomoea leptophylla |
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Phenology | Flowering Sep–May. | Flowering May–Sep. |
Habitat | Forest margins, swamps, moist sites. | Plains, prairies, sandy sites. |
Elevation | 0–100 m. (0–300 ft.) | 0–2200 m. (0–7200 ft.) |
Distribution |
FL; LA; SC; TX; Mexico; Central America; South America; West Indies [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Asia]
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CO; KS; MT; NE; NM; OK; SD; TX; WY
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Source | FNA vol. 14. | FNA vol. 14. |
Parent taxa | Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea | Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Calonyction aculeatum, Convolvulus aculeatus | |
Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 161. (1753) | Torrey in J. C. Frémont: Rep. Exped. Rocky Mts., 94. (1843) |
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