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cairo morning glory, mile-a-minute vine
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ivy morning-glory, ivy-leaf morning-glory
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| Perennials. |
Annuals. |
usually twining, sometimes trailing. |
twining. |
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, not palmatisect, 50–120 × 50–120 mm, base cordate, basal lobes ± pointed, surfaces hairy. |
glabrous; pedicels straight, 10–25 mm. |
hairy, hairs retrorse. |
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, 12–24 mm, herbaceous, proximally ovate, abruptly narrowed to ± curved or spreading distal portion notably longer than dilated base, abaxial surface, at least proximal 1/3, hirsute to hispid; corolla light blue, tube white or pale yellow inside, funnelform, 20–37(–45) mm, limb 17–35 mm diam. 2n = 30. |
= 30. |
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| Flowering Mar–Oct. |
Flowering May–Nov. |
| Abandoned plantings, disturbed sites. |
Abandoned plantings, disturbed sites, gravel bars, roadsides. |
| -20–200 m. (-100–700 ft.) |
10–1900 m. (0–6200 ft.) |
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AL; CA; FL; LA; Africa [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Mexico (Oaxaca), West Indies, South America]
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AL; AR; AZ; CA; CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MS; NC; ND; NE; NH; NJ; NM; NY; OH; OK; PA; SC; SD; TN; TX; VA; WI; WV; ON; Mexico; South America; introduced in Europe; Africa; Pacific Islands (New Zealand); Australia
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Leaf shape in Ipomoea hederacea, and, perhaps, in other ipomoeas, is under simple genetic control and is useless for recognition of varieties (C. D. Elmore 1986). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
| FNA vol. 14. |
FNA vol. 14. |
| Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea |
Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea |
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. amnicola, 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. 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 |
| Convolvulus cairicus |
I. hederacea var. integriuscula, Pharbitis barbigera |
| (Linnaeus) Sweet: Hort. Brit., 287. (1826) |
Jacquin: Collecteana 1: 124, plate 36. (1787): Icon. Pl. Rar., plate 36. (1787) |
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