FNA: Ipomoea cairica vs. Ipomoea amnicola

	Ipomoea cairica	Ipomoea amnicola
	cairo morning glory, mile-a-minute vine	red-center morning glory
Habit	Perennials.	Perennials.
Stems	usually twining, sometimes trailing.	usually twining, sometimes decumbent.
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 cordate-ovate, reniform, or 3-lobed, 20–125 × 20–125 mm, base cordate, surfaces glabrous.
Peduncles	glabrous; pedicels straight, 10–25 mm.	glabrous, sometimes warty.
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: outers usually ± orbiculate, sometimes oblong or elliptic, rarely ovate, 4–5 mm, inners obovate to ± orbiculate, 4–5.5 mm, chartaceous or membranous, margins scarious, apex usually emarginate, mucronulate, or obtuse, sometimes truncate; corolla white with red (rose) lines or wholly lilac, throat darker, funnelform, 18–30 mm.
2n	= 30.

	Ipomoea cairica	Ipomoea amnicola
Phenology	Flowering Mar–Oct.	Flowering Apr–Jul(–Dec).
Habitat	Abandoned plantings, disturbed sites.	Disturbed sites.
Elevation	-20–200 m. (-100–700 ft.)	0–200 m. (0–700 ft.)
Distribution	AL; CA; FL; LA; Africa [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Mexico (Oaxaca), West Indies, South America] [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]	TX; Mexico; South America (Argentina, Paraguay) [Introduced in North America] [BONAP county map]
Discussion		In the flora area, Ipomoea amnicola has been reported also from a Missouri collection made in 1921. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source	FNA vol. 14.	FNA vol. 14.
Parent taxa	Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea	Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea
Sibling taxa	I. alba, I. amnicola, I. aquatica, I. asarifolia, I. barbatisepala, I. batatas, I. capillacea, I. cardiophylla, I. carnea, I. coccinea, I. cordatotriloba, I. costellata, I. cristulata, I. dumetorum, I. hederacea, I. hederifolia, I. imperati, I. indica, I. lacunosa, I. leptophylla, I. lindheimeri, I. longifolia, I. macrorhiza, I. microdactyla, I. muricata, I. nil, I. pandurata, I. pes-caprae, I. plummerae, I. pubescens, I. purpurea, I. quamoclit, I. rupicola, I. sagittata, I. setosa, I. shumardiana, I. sloteri, I. tenuiloba, I. tenuissima, I. ternifolia, I. thurberi, I. tricolor, I. triloba, I. violacea, I. wrightii, I. ×leucantha	I. alba, I. aquatica, I. asarifolia, I. barbatisepala, I. batatas, I. cairica, I. capillacea, I. cardiophylla, I. carnea, I. coccinea, I. cordatotriloba, I. costellata, I. cristulata, I. dumetorum, I. hederacea, I. hederifolia, I. imperati, I. indica, I. lacunosa, I. leptophylla, I. lindheimeri, I. longifolia, I. macrorhiza, I. microdactyla, I. muricata, I. nil, I. pandurata, I. pes-caprae, I. plummerae, I. pubescens, I. purpurea, I. quamoclit, I. rupicola, I. sagittata, I. setosa, I. shumardiana, I. sloteri, I. tenuiloba, I. tenuissima, I. ternifolia, I. thurberi, I. tricolor, I. triloba, I. violacea, I. wrightii, I. ×leucantha
Synonyms	Convolvulus cairicus
Name authority	(Linnaeus) Sweet: Hort. Brit., 287. (1826)	Morong: Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 7: 170. (1893)
Web links	Local floras: CA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, LA Plants WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search	WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Ipomoea amnicola

cairo morning glory, mile-a-minute vine

red-center morning glory

Habit

Perennials.

Stems

usually twining, sometimes trailing.

usually twining, sometimes decumbent.

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 cordate-ovate, reniform, or 3-lobed, 20–125 × 20–125 mm, base cordate, surfaces glabrous.

Peduncles

glabrous;

pedicels straight, 10–25 mm.

glabrous, sometimes warty.

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: outers usually ± orbiculate, sometimes oblong or elliptic, rarely ovate, 4–5 mm, inners obovate to ± orbiculate, 4–5.5 mm, chartaceous or membranous, margins scarious, apex usually emarginate, mucronulate, or obtuse, sometimes truncate;

corolla white with red (rose) lines or wholly lilac, throat darker, funnelform, 18–30 mm.

= 30.

Ipomoea cairica

Ipomoea amnicola

Phenology

Flowering Mar–Oct.

Flowering Apr–Jul(–Dec).

Habitat

Abandoned plantings, disturbed sites.

Disturbed sites.

Elevation

-20–200 m. (-100–700 ft.)

0–200 m. (0–700 ft.)

Distribution

AL; CA; FL; LA; Africa [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Mexico (Oaxaca), West Indies, South America]

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]

TX; Mexico; South America (Argentina, Paraguay) [Introduced in North America]

[BONAP county map]

Discussion

In the flora area, Ipomoea amnicola has been reported also from a Missouri collection made in 1921.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source

FNA vol. 14.

Parent taxa

Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea

Sibling taxa

I. alba, I. amnicola, I. aquatica, I. asarifolia, I. barbatisepala, I. batatas, I. capillacea, I. cardiophylla, I. carnea, I. coccinea, I. cordatotriloba, I. costellata, I. cristulata, I. dumetorum, I. hederacea, I. hederifolia, I. imperati, I. indica, I. lacunosa, I. leptophylla, I. lindheimeri, I. longifolia, I. macrorhiza, I. microdactyla, I. muricata, I. nil, I. pandurata, I. pes-caprae, I. plummerae, I. pubescens, I. purpurea, I. quamoclit, I. rupicola, I. sagittata, I. setosa, I. shumardiana, I. sloteri, I. tenuiloba, I. tenuissima, I. ternifolia, I. thurberi, I. tricolor, I. triloba, I. violacea, I. wrightii, I. ×leucantha

I. alba, I. aquatica, I. asarifolia, I. barbatisepala, I. batatas, I. cairica, I. capillacea, I. cardiophylla, I. carnea, I. coccinea, I. cordatotriloba, I. costellata, I. cristulata, I. dumetorum, I. hederacea, I. hederifolia, I. imperati, I. indica, I. lacunosa, I. leptophylla, I. lindheimeri, I. longifolia, I. macrorhiza, I. microdactyla, I. muricata, I. nil, I. pandurata, I. pes-caprae, I. plummerae, I. pubescens, I. purpurea, I. quamoclit, I. rupicola, I. sagittata, I. setosa, I. shumardiana, I. sloteri, I. tenuiloba, I. tenuissima, I. ternifolia, I. thurberi, I. tricolor, I. triloba, I. violacea, I. wrightii, I. ×leucantha

Synonyms

Convolvulus cairicus

Name authority

(Linnaeus) Sweet: Hort. Brit., 287. (1826)

Morong: Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 7: 170. (1893)

Web links

Local floras: CA
Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, LA Plants
WildflowerSearch
iNaturalist (observations)
USDA Plants Database
LBJ Wildflower Center
SEINet
Plants of the World Online
Encyclopedia of Life
Wikipedia
Google Image Search

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