Ipomoea capillacea |
Ipomoea quamoclit |
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purple morning-glory |
cypress vine, cypress-vine 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 ± elliptic to oblong, 10–90 × 5–45 mm overall, pinnatisect, base ± truncate, lobes 19–41+, filiform to linear, 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. |
diurnal; sepals elliptic to oblong, 4–8 mm, chartaceous to coriaceous, apex mucronate, surfaces glabrous; corolla usually red, sometimes white (in cultivars), salverform, 20–30 mm. |
2n | = 30. |
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Ipomoea capillacea |
Ipomoea quamoclit |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Sep. | Flowering Jun–Oct. |
Habitat | Oak woodlands, plains, ponderosa pine zones. | Abandoned plantings, forest edges, thickets. |
Elevation | 1500–2500 m. (4900–8200 ft.) | 0–1500 m. (0–4900 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; NM; TX; Mexico; Central America; South America
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AL; AR; DC; FL; GA; IL; IN; KS; LA; MD; MO; MS; NC; NY; OK; PA; SC; TN; TX; VA; ON; Mexico; Central America; South America; West Indies; Eurasia; Africa
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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.) |
Reports for Ipomoea quamoclit from Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and Virginia may be from horticultural plantings. A report from California is from a casual garden weed; it is not naturalized there. (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: Sp. Pl. 1: 159. (1753) |
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