Ipomoea alba |
Ipomoea muricata |
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moon flower, tropical white morning-glory |
lilac-bell, purple moonflower |
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Habit | Perennials. | Annuals. |
Stems | twining, usually prickly, sometimes rooting at nodes. |
trailing or twining, ± warty or smooth. |
Leaf | blades broadly ovate to triangular or 3–5-lobed, 50–150 × 50–150 mm, base cordate, surfaces usually glabrous, rarely hairy. |
blades usually orbiculate to ovate, sometimes cordate or 3–5-lobed, 70–180 × 70–160 mm, base cordate, 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. |
nocturnal; sepals oblong to ovate, 6–8 mm, chartaceous to coriaceous, apex acute, outers each with ± corniform appendage 4–6 mm; corolla white, turning lavender in morning, salverform, limb sometimes ± campanulate, 30–75 mm. |
Fruits | 20–30 mm. |
18–20 mm. |
2n | = 30. |
= 30. |
Ipomoea alba |
Ipomoea muricata |
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Phenology | Flowering Sep–May. | Flowering Nov. |
Habitat | Forest margins, swamps, moist sites. | Disturbed sites. |
Elevation | 0–100 m. (0–300 ft.) | 0–80 m. (0–300 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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AL; AR; FL; GA; LA; MS; TX; Mexico [Introduced in North America; introduced also in South America]
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Discussion | Ipomoea muricata has been spread as a contaminant in soybean seeds (C. R. Gunn 1970). The name Ipomoea turbinata Lagasca is illegitimate and has been misapplied to plants of I. muricata (G. W. Staples et al. 2006). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 14. | FNA vol. 14. |
Parent taxa | Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea | Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Calonyction aculeatum, Convolvulus aculeatus | Convolvulus muricatus |
Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 161. (1753) | (Linnaeus) Jacquin: Pl. Hort. Schoenbr. 3: 40. (1798) |
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