Ipomoea cairica |
Ipomoea ×leucantha |
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cairo morning glory, mile-a-minute vine |
whitestar morning-glory |
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Habit | Perennials. | Annuals. |
Stems | usually twining, sometimes trailing. |
usually twining, sometimes trailing. |
Leaf | blades orbiculate to ovate, 30–100 × 30–100 mm overall, palmatisect, lobes 5 (proximal 2 sometimes 2-lobed), lance-elliptic, lanceolate, or lance-ovate, (5–)10–25(–70) × (3–)8–15(–30) mm, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces glabrous. |
blades orbiculate, ovate, or 3–5-lobed, 20–80 × 20–70 mm, base cordate, surfaces glabrous or sparsely hairy. |
Peduncles | glabrous; pedicels straight, 10–25 mm. |
glabrous. |
Flowers | sepals oblong to ovate, 4–6.5(–9) mm, outers slightly shorter than inners, chartaceous, margins scarious, apex obtuse to acute; corolla lavender-blue or white, throat purplish-red, funnelform, 45–60 mm. |
sepals lanceolate, (8–)10–14 mm, chartaceous or coriaceous, apex acuminate, surfaces glabrous; corolla lavender or white, throat usually darker, funnelform, 6–15(–20) mm, limb to 10+ mm diam. |
Fruits | 7–8 mm diam. |
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2n | = 30. |
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Ipomoea cairica |
Ipomoea ×leucantha |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–Oct. | Flowering Aug–Oct. |
Habitat | Abandoned plantings, disturbed sites. | Disturbed sites. |
Elevation | -20–200 m. (-100–700 ft.) | 0–700 m. (0–2300 ft.) |
Distribution |
AL; CA; FL; LA; Africa [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Mexico (Oaxaca), West Indies, South America]
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AZ; FL; LA; MS; SC; TX; VA; Mexico; Central America; South America; West Indies |
Discussion | In the southeastern United States, Ipomoea ×leucantha results from crosses between I. cordatotriloba and I. lacunosa that may be effected by honeybees (Apis mellifera); elsewhere, I. × leucantha is presumably introduced. (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 | Convolvulus cairicus | |
Name authority | (Linnaeus) Sweet: Hort. Brit., 287. (1826) | Jacquin: Icon. Pl. Rar. 2: 10, plate 318. (1788) — (as species) |
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