FNA: Ipomoea capillacea vs. Ipomoea sagittata

	Ipomoea capillacea	Ipomoea sagittata
	purple morning-glory	saltmarsh morning-glory
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 ± triangular, 40–100 × 20–60 mm overall, base hastate to sagittate, basal lobes lanceolate, linear, or narrowly triangular, 15–60(–100) × 3–8(–15) mm, 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 elliptic, oblong, or ovate, 8–9 mm, coriaceous, apex obtuse to rounded, mucronate, surfaces glabrous; corolla lavender, purple, or red-purple, funnelform, 60–90 mm, limb 60–80 mm diam.

	Ipomoea capillacea	Ipomoea sagittata
Phenology	Flowering Jul–Sep.	Flowering Apr–Oct.
Habitat	Oak woodlands, plains, ponderosa pine zones.	Beaches, brackish or freshwater marshes, swamps.
Elevation	1500–2500 m. (4900–8200 ft.)	0–400 m. (0–1300 ft.)
Distribution	AZ; NM; TX; Mexico; Central America; South America [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]	AL; FL; GA; LA; MS; NC; SC; TX; Mexico; West Indies [Introduced in Eurasia, nw Africa] [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
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.)
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. quamoclit, I. rupicola, 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)	Poiret: Voy. Barbarie 2: 122. (1789) — (as Ipomea)
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Ipomoea capillacea

Ipomoea sagittata

purple morning-glory

saltmarsh morning-glory

Habit

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 ± triangular, 40–100 × 20–60 mm overall, base hastate to sagittate, basal lobes lanceolate, linear, or narrowly triangular, 15–60(–100) × 3–8(–15) mm, surfaces glabrous.

Peduncles

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 elliptic, oblong, or ovate, 8–9 mm, coriaceous, apex obtuse to rounded, mucronate, surfaces glabrous;

corolla lavender, purple, or red-purple, funnelform, 60–90 mm, limb 60–80 mm diam.

Ipomoea capillacea

Ipomoea sagittata

Phenology

Flowering Jul–Sep.

Flowering Apr–Oct.

Habitat

Oak woodlands, plains, ponderosa pine zones.

Beaches, brackish or freshwater marshes, swamps.

Elevation

1500–2500 m. (4900–8200 ft.)

0–400 m. (0–1300 ft.)

Distribution

AZ; NM; TX; Mexico; Central America; South America

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]

AL; FL; GA; LA; MS; NC; SC; TX; Mexico; West Indies [Introduced in Eurasia, nw Africa]

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]

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.)

Source

FNA vol. 14.

Parent taxa

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. quamoclit, I. rupicola, 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)

Poiret: Voy. Barbarie 2: 122. (1789) — (as Ipomea)

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