Ipomoea cairica |
Ipomoea lindheimeri |
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cairo morning glory, mile-a-minute vine |
blue morningglory, Lindheimer's morning-glory |
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Habit | Perennials. | Perennials. |
Stems | usually twining, sometimes trailing. |
twining. |
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 broadly ovate to reniform, 50–60 × 50–80 mm overall, usually 3–5(–7)-lobed, lobes ± lanceolate, base cordate, surfaces ± hirsute or sericeous. |
Peduncles | glabrous; pedicels straight, 10–25 mm. |
hairy, hairs retrorse, shaggy. |
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 to lance-ovate, 18–30 × 3–5(–9) mm, herbaceous, base ± dilated, abaxial surface ± hispid; corolla blue to violet, funnelform, 55–90 mm, limb 60–70 mm diam. |
2n | = 30. |
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Ipomoea cairica |
Ipomoea lindheimeri |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–Oct. | Flowering Apr–Nov. |
Habitat | Abandoned plantings, disturbed sites. | Oak woodlands, rocky sites, stream bottoms. |
Elevation | -20–200 m. (-100–700 ft.) | 200–2300 m. (700–7500 ft.) |
Distribution |
AL; CA; FL; LA; Africa [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Mexico (Oaxaca), West Indies, South America]
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NM; TX; Mexico
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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) | A. Gray in A. Gray et al.: Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 210. (1878) |
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