Ipomoea capillacea |
Ipomoea lindheimeri |
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purple morning-glory |
blue morningglory, Lindheimer's morning-glory |
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Habit | Perennials. | Perennials. |
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 broadly ovate to reniform, 50–60 × 50–80 mm overall, usually 3–5(–7)-lobed, lobes ± lanceolate, base cordate, surfaces ± hirsute or sericeous. |
Peduncles | glabrous. |
hairy, hairs retrorse, shaggy. |
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 to lance-ovate, 18–30 × 3–5(–9) mm, herbaceous, base ± dilated, abaxial surface ± hispid; corolla blue to violet, funnelform, 55–90 mm, limb 60–70 mm diam. |
Ipomoea capillacea |
Ipomoea lindheimeri |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Sep. | Flowering Apr–Nov. |
Habitat | Oak woodlands, plains, ponderosa pine zones. | Oak woodlands, rocky sites, stream bottoms. |
Elevation | 1500–2500 m. (4900–8200 ft.) | 200–2300 m. (700–7500 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; NM; TX; Mexico; Central America; South America
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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.) |
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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) | A. Gray in A. Gray et al.: Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 210. (1878) |
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