Ipomoea cairica |
Ipomoea setosa |
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cairo morning glory, mile-a-minute vine |
Brazilian morning-glory |
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Habit | Perennials. | Perennials. |
Stems | usually twining, sometimes trailing. |
twining, ± setose. |
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 or broadly ovate, usually 3–7-lobed, 100–200 × 100–200 mm overall, base cordate, lobes lanceolate to ovate, surfaces glabrous. |
Peduncles | glabrous; pedicels straight, 10–25 mm. |
setose. |
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. |
nocturnal; sepals oblong, 10–14 mm, coriaceous, apex obtuse, abaxial surface setose; corolla lavender or pink, salverform, 60–90 mm, limb sometimes ± campanulate or rotate, 80–100 mm diam. |
2n | = 30. |
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Ipomoea cairica |
Ipomoea setosa |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–Oct. | Flowering Nov–Jan. |
Habitat | Abandoned plantings, disturbed sites. | Abandoned plantings, disturbed sites. |
Elevation | -20–200 m. (-100–700 ft.) | 0–400 m. (0–1300 ft.) |
Distribution |
AL; CA; FL; LA; Africa [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Mexico (Oaxaca), West Indies, South America]
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FL; MS; TX; Mexico; Central America; South America [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Asia] |
Discussion | The report of Ipomoea setosa from Mississippi has not been verified. (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 | I. melanotricha |
Name authority | (Linnaeus) Sweet: Hort. Brit., 287. (1826) | Ker Gawler: Bot. Reg. 4: plate 335. (1818) |
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