Ipomoea cristulata |
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star-glory, trans-Pecos morning-glory |
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Habit | Annuals. |
Stems | twining. |
Leaf | blades usually (3–)5–7-lobed, middle lobe narrowly ± rhombic, sometimes proximal blades cordate to ovate, not lobed, 15–100 × 10–70 mm, base cordate to ± truncate, basal lobes rounded to pointed, margins ± dentate, surfaces glabrous or abaxial pilose. |
Peduncles | glabrous. |
Flowers | diurnal, sepals chartaceous to membranous, outers oblong, 3–3.5 mm, apex obtuse, rounded, or ± truncate, each with ± terminal corniform appendage 3–5 mm, glabrous, inners oblong, 4–5.7 mm, apex obtuse to truncate, each with ± terminal corniform appendage 2.5–3.5 mm; corolla red or red-orange, salverform, 18–26 mm, limb 10–15 mm diam. 2n = 30. |
Ipomoea cristulata |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Nov. |
Habitat | Chaparral, grasslands, oak woodlands, ponderosa pine zones. |
Elevation | 700–2800 m. (2300–9200 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; IA; KS; NM; TX; Mexico
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Discussion | Reports of Ipomoea cristulata from Iowa and Kansas may be based on cultivated plants; the report for Minnesota probably resulted from typographic error: MN for NM; the report for South Carolina was based on a specimen of I. coccinea. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 14. |
Parent taxa | Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea |
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Synonyms | Quamoclit gracilis |
Name authority | Hallier f.: Meded. Rijks-Herb. 46: 20. (1922) |
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