Ipomoea capillacea |
Ipomoea pubescens |
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purple morning-glory |
silky morning-glory |
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Habit | Perennials. | Perennials, root oblong, relatively large. |
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 cordate, ovate, or 3–5-lobed, 20–80 × 20–90 mm, base cordate, lobes elliptic to ovate, surfaces ± hirsute or coarsely sericeous. |
Peduncles | glabrous. |
hairy, hairs retrorse or spreading. |
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 lance-ovate to ovate, 9–21 × 2–11 mm, herbaceous, abaxial surface ± hispid or coarsely sericeous; corolla blue to violet, funnelform, 55–80 mm, limb 60–70 mm diam. |
Ipomoea capillacea |
Ipomoea pubescens |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Sep. | Flowering Aug–Sep. |
Habitat | Oak woodlands, plains, ponderosa pine zones. | Rocky sites, stream beds, oak woodlands. |
Elevation | 1500–2500 m. (4900–8200 ft.) | 100–1600 m. (300–5200 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; NM; TX; Mexico; Central America; South America
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AZ; NM; TX; Mexico; South America
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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 |
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Synonyms | Convolvulus capillaceus, 3(qto.): 97. | |
Name authority | (Kunth) G. Don: Gen. Hist. 4: 267. (1837) | Lamarck in J. Lamarck and J. Poiret: Tabl. Encycl. 1: 465. (1793) — (as Ipomaea) |
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