Ipomoea capillacea |
Ipomoea tricolor |
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purple morning-glory |
granny morning-glory, grannyvine, heavenly blue 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 ± cordate, 60–100 × 25–130 mm, base cordate, 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 lance-ovate, triangular, or oblong-triangular, (4–)6–7 mm, coriaceous, margins scarious, apex acute, abaxial surface muriculate, glabrous; corolla usually blue to deep blue, sometimes white, tube white outside, pale yellow inside, funnelform, 35–60 mm, limb 50–90 mm diam. |
Ipomoea capillacea |
Ipomoea tricolor |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Sep. | Flowering Oct–Dec. |
Habitat | Oak woodlands, plains, ponderosa pine zones. | Abandoned plantings, thickets. |
Elevation | 1500–2500 m. (4900–8200 ft.) | 20–1900 m. (100–6200 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; NM; TX; Mexico; Central America; South America
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AL; AR; AZ; FL; GA; KY; LA; MO; MS; NC; PA; SC; TX; Mexico; Central America; South America; West Indies [Introduced in North America] |
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.) |
Ipomoea tricolor is native in Mexico and has long been cultivated in North America. The name Ipomoea violacea has been misapplied to plants of I. tricolor. (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) | Cavanilles: Icon. 3: 5, plate 208. (1795) |
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