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purple morning-glory

cypress vine, cypress-vine morning-glory

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.

Ipomoea capillacea

Ipomoea quamoclit

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
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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
I. alba, I. amnicola, I. aquatica, I. asarifolia, I. barbatisepala, I. batatas, I. cairica, I. cardiophylla, I. carnea, I. coccinea, I. cordatotriloba, I. costellata, I. cristulata, I. dumetorum, I. hederacea, I. hederifolia, I. imperati, I. indica, I. lacunosa, I. leptophylla, I. lindheimeri, I. longifolia, I. macrorhiza, I. microdactyla, I. muricata, I. nil, I. pandurata, I. pes-caprae, I. plummerae, I. pubescens, I. purpurea, I. quamoclit, I. rupicola, I. sagittata, I. setosa, I. shumardiana, I. sloteri, I. tenuiloba, I. tenuissima, I. ternifolia, I. thurberi, I. tricolor, I. triloba, I. violacea, I. wrightii, I. ×leucantha
I. alba, I. amnicola, I. aquatica, I. asarifolia, I. barbatisepala, I. batatas, I. cairica, I. capillacea, I. cardiophylla, I. carnea, I. coccinea, I. cordatotriloba, I. costellata, I. cristulata, I. dumetorum, I. hederacea, I. hederifolia, I. imperati, I. indica, I. lacunosa, I. leptophylla, I. lindheimeri, I. longifolia, I. macrorhiza, I. microdactyla, I. muricata, I. nil, I. pandurata, I. pes-caprae, I. plummerae, I. pubescens, I. purpurea, I. rupicola, I. sagittata, I. setosa, I. shumardiana, I. sloteri, I. tenuiloba, I. tenuissima, I. ternifolia, I. thurberi, I. tricolor, I. triloba, I. violacea, I. wrightii, I. ×leucantha
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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