Ipomoea capillacea |
Ipomoea longifolia |
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purple morning-glory |
pink-throat morning glory |
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Habit | Perennials. | Perennials, ± fleshy, rhizomatous. |
Stems | usually ascending to erect, sometimes trailing. |
usually trailing, rarely decumbent. |
Leaf | blades palmatisect, lobes 5–9, filiform to linear, (3–)5–15(–25) × 0.2–1 mm. |
blades lance-oblong, lanceolate, or linear, 100–120(–210) × 20–40 mm, base rounded, 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 oblong or ovate, 12–20 mm, outers 12–14(–17) × 6–7 mm, inners 15–20 × 7–8 mm, coriaceous, surfaces glabrous; corolla ± white, throat purple inside, funnelform, 70–100 mm, limb 70–80 mm diam. |
Ipomoea capillacea |
Ipomoea longifolia |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Sep. | Flowering Apr–Sep. |
Habitat | Oak woodlands, plains, ponderosa pine zones. | Desert grasslands, oak woodlands. |
Elevation | 1500–2500 m. (4900–8200 ft.) | 900–1900 m. (3000–6200 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; NM; TX; Mexico; Central America; South America
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AZ; 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) | Bentham: Pl. Hartw., 16 — (as Ipomaea), 345. 1839 |
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