Ipomoea capillacea |
Ipomoea leptophylla |
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purple morning-glory |
bush morning-glory |
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Habit | Perennials. | Perennials, taproot relatively large. |
Stems | usually ascending to erect, sometimes trailing. |
usually erect, sometimes ± trailing. |
Leaf | blades palmatisect, lobes 5–9, filiform to linear, (3–)5–15(–25) × 0.2–1 mm. |
blades lance-linear to linear, 30–80(–150) × 2–8(–10) mm, base ± cuneate, surfaces glabrous. |
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 elliptic, orbiculate, or ovate, 5–10 mm, chartaceous or coriaceous, apex obtuse; corolla lavender-pink to purple-red, throat darker, funnelform, 50–90 mm. |
2n | = 30. |
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Ipomoea capillacea |
Ipomoea leptophylla |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Sep. | Flowering May–Sep. |
Habitat | Oak woodlands, plains, ponderosa pine zones. | Plains, prairies, sandy sites. |
Elevation | 1500–2500 m. (4900–8200 ft.) | 0–2200 m. (0–7200 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; NM; TX; Mexico; Central America; South America
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CO; KS; MT; NE; NM; OK; SD; TX; WY
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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.) |
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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) | Torrey in J. C. Frémont: Rep. Exped. Rocky Mts., 94. (1843) |
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