Ipomoea coccinea |
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Mexican morningglory, red morning-glory, redstar, scarlet morningglory, starglory, woolly tidestromia |
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Habit | Annuals. |
Stems | twining. |
Leaf | blades usually cordate, sometimes ovate, sagittate, or triangular, 20–140 mm, base ± cordate, lobes rounded or 1–2-pointed, surfaces glabrous or proximally pilose. |
Peduncles | glabrous. |
Flowers | diurnal; sepals chartaceous, outers oblong to elliptic, 3–3.5 mm, apex obtuse to truncate, each with ± terminal corniform appendage 2.5–6 mm, inners oblong, 4.5–5.7 mm, chartaceous, apex obtuse to truncate, each with ± terminal, corniform appendage 2–5.5 mm; corolla usually red or red and yellow, sometimes white (in cultivars), salverform, 20–25 mm. |
2n | = 28. |
Ipomoea coccinea |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Dec. |
Habitat | Abandoned plantings, disturbed sites. |
Elevation | 0–300 m. (0–1000 ft.) |
Distribution |
AL; AR; DC; DE; FL; GA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MD; MO; MS; NC; NJ; OH; OK; PA; SC; TN; TX; VA; WV
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Discussion | Ipomoea coccinea differs from I. hederifolia by reflexed pedicels (erect in I. hederifolia) and larger inner sepals (4.5–5.7 mm) than I. hederifolia (to 3–4 mm). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 14. |
Parent taxa | Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea |
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Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 160. (1753) |
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