Flora of North America species comparison

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Ipomoea coccinea

Ipomoea capillacea

Mexican morningglory, red morning-glory, redstar, scarlet morningglory, starglory, woolly tidestromia

purple morning-glory
Habit Annuals. Perennials.
Stems

twining.

usually ascending to erect, sometimes trailing.
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.

blades palmatisect, lobes 5–9, filiform to linear, (3–)5–15(–25) × 0.2–1 mm.
Peduncles

glabrous.

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.

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.
2n

= 28.

Ipomoea coccinea

Ipomoea capillacea
Phenology Flowering Jul–Dec. Flowering Jul–Sep.
Habitat Abandoned plantings, disturbed sites. Oak woodlands, plains, pon­derosa pine zones.
Elevation 0–300 m. (0–1000 ft.) 1500–2500 m. (4900–8200 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
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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from FNA
AZ; NM; TX; Mexico; Central America; South America
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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.)

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. capillacea, I. cardiophylla, I. carnea, 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. 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
Synonyms Convolvulus capillaceus, 3(qto.): 97.
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 160. (1753) (Kunth) G. Don: Gen. Hist. 4: 267. (1837)
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