Ipomoea capillacea |
Ipomoea cristulata |
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purple morning-glory |
star-glory, trans-Pecos morning-glory |
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Habit | Perennials. | Annuals. |
Stems | usually ascending to erect, sometimes trailing. |
twining. |
Leaf | blades palmatisect, lobes 5–9, filiform to linear, (3–)5–15(–25) × 0.2–1 mm. |
blades usually (3–)5–7-lobed, middle lobe narrowly ± rhombic, sometimes proximal blades cordate to ovate, not lobed, 15–100 × 10–70 mm, base cordate to ± truncate, basal lobes rounded to pointed, margins ± dentate, surfaces glabrous or abaxial pilose. |
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. |
diurnal, sepals chartaceous to membranous, outers oblong, 3–3.5 mm, apex obtuse, rounded, or ± truncate, each with ± terminal corniform appendage 3–5 mm, glabrous, inners oblong, 4–5.7 mm, apex obtuse to truncate, each with ± terminal corniform appendage 2.5–3.5 mm; corolla red or red-orange, salverform, 18–26 mm, limb 10–15 mm diam. 2n = 30. |
Ipomoea capillacea |
Ipomoea cristulata |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Sep. | Flowering May–Nov. |
Habitat | Oak woodlands, plains, ponderosa pine zones. | Chaparral, grasslands, oak woodlands, ponderosa pine zones. |
Elevation | 1500–2500 m. (4900–8200 ft.) | 700–2800 m. (2300–9200 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; NM; TX; Mexico; Central America; South America
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AZ; IA; KS; NM; TX; Mexico
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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.) |
Reports of Ipomoea cristulata from Iowa and Kansas may be based on cultivated plants; the report for Minnesota probably resulted from typographic error: MN for NM; the report for South Carolina was based on a specimen of I. coccinea. (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 | ||
Synonyms | Convolvulus capillaceus, 3(qto.): 97. | Quamoclit gracilis |
Name authority | (Kunth) G. Don: Gen. Hist. 4: 267. (1837) | Hallier f.: Meded. Rijks-Herb. 46: 20. (1922) |
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