Ipomoea capillacea |
Ipomoea ×leucantha |
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purple morning-glory |
whitestar morning-glory |
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Habit | Perennials. | Annuals. |
Stems | usually ascending to erect, sometimes trailing. |
usually twining, sometimes trailing. |
Leaf | blades palmatisect, lobes 5–9, filiform to linear, (3–)5–15(–25) × 0.2–1 mm. |
blades orbiculate, ovate, or 3–5-lobed, 20–80 × 20–70 mm, base cordate, surfaces glabrous or sparsely hairy. |
Peduncles | glabrous. |
glabrous. |
Flowers | sepals elliptic, oblong, or ovate, 5–6 × 2–3 mm, chartaceous or coriaceous, abaxial surface muricate or smooth; corolla lavender to red-purple, funnelform, 30–40 mm, limb 20–25 mm diam. |
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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Ipomoea capillacea |
Ipomoea ×leucantha |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Sep. | Flowering Aug–Oct. |
Habitat | Oak woodlands, plains, ponderosa pine zones. | Disturbed sites. |
Elevation | 1500–2500 m. (4900–8200 ft.) | 0–700 m. (0–2300 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; NM; TX; Mexico; Central America; South America
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AZ; FL; LA; MS; SC; TX; VA; Mexico; Central America; South America; West Indies |
Discussion | The report of Ipomoea capillacea from Alabama (J. T. Kartesz and C. A. Meacham 1999) was probably based on a specimen of I. muricata. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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.) |
Source | FNA vol. 14. | FNA vol. 14. |
Parent taxa | Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea | Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea |
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Synonyms | Convolvulus capillaceus, 3(qto.): 97. | |
Name authority | (Kunth) G. Don: Gen. Hist. 4: 267. (1837) | Jacquin: Icon. Pl. Rar. 2: 10, plate 318. (1788) — (as species) |
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