Ipomoea capillacea |
Ipomoea hederifolia |
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purple morning-glory |
scarlet creeper, scarlet 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 ± orbiculate, reniform, or 3-lobed, 20–150 × 20–150 mm, base ± cordate, surfaces glabrous or puberulent. |
Peduncles | glabrous. |
usually glabrous, sometimes sparsely hairy, hairs antrorse. |
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 elliptic to oblong, 4–4.5 mm, herbaceous, apex obtuse or truncate, outers with ± terminal corniform appendage, abaxial surface glabrous; corolla red to red-orange, salverform, 14–30 mm. |
2n | = 28, 30. |
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Ipomoea capillacea |
Ipomoea hederifolia |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Sep. | Flowering Oct–Mar. |
Habitat | Oak woodlands, plains, ponderosa pine zones. | Disturbed sites, fence rows, thickets. |
Elevation | 1500–2500 m. (4900–8200 ft.) | 0–1800 m. (0–5900 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; NM; TX; Mexico; Central America; South America
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AZ; FL; GA; LA; TX; Mexico; Central America; South America; West Indies
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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.) |
A report of Ipomoea hederifolia from Kansas was presumably based on a cultivated plant, and a report for Vermont (J. T. Atwood et al. 1973) was presumably based on waifs that did not persist. The report of I. hederifolia for New Mexico by W. C. Martin and C. R. Hutchins (1980) was based on misidentified specimens. Ipomoea hederifolia may be established in Virginia. The names Ipomoea coccinea and Quamoclit coccinea (Linnaeus) Moench have been misapplied to plants of I. hederifolia. (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) | Linnaeus: Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 925. (1759) — (as hederfol.) |
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