Ipomoea capillacea |
Ipomoea dumetorum |
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purple morning-glory |
railway creeper |
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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 deltate, ovate, or ovate-elongate, 24–80 × 8–87 mm, base cordate or ± sagittate to truncate, margins sometimes 3-toothed, surfaces glabrous. |
Peduncles | glabrous. |
pilosulous on proximal 1–2 mm, distally 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 elongate-ovate to ovate, 3.5–8 mm, chartaceous or coriaceous, apex acute to obtuse, abaxial surface dotted with dark spots; corolla usually dark lavender to pink, rarely white, funnelform, 15–28 mm. |
Ipomoea capillacea |
Ipomoea dumetorum |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Sep. | Flowering Aug–Oct. |
Habitat | Oak woodlands, plains, ponderosa pine zones. | Open, dry to wet sites, washes. |
Elevation | 1500–2500 m. (4900–8200 ft.) | 2000–2800 m. (6600–9200 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; NM; TX; Mexico; Central America; South America
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NM; TX; Mexico; South America |
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 flora area, Ipomoea dumetorum is known from the Davis, Organ, and White mountains. The names I. cardiophylla and I. pulchella (Kunth) G. Don (not Roth) have been misapplied to plants of I. dumetorum. (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. | |
Name authority | (Kunth) G. Don: Gen. Hist. 4: 267. (1837) | Willdenow in J. J. Roemer et al.: Syst. Veg. 4: 789. (1819) |
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