Ipomoea cristulata |
Ipomoea dumetorum |
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star-glory, trans-Pecos morning-glory |
railway creeper |
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Habit | Annuals. | Annuals. |
Stems | twining. |
usually twining, sometimes trailing. |
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. |
blades deltate, ovate, or ovate-elongate, 24–80 × 8–87 mm, base cordate or ± sagittate to truncate, margins sometimes 3-toothed, surfaces glabrous. |
Peduncles | glabrous. |
pilosulous on proximal 1–2 mm, distally 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. |
sepals elongate-ovate to ovate, 3.5–8 mm, chartaceous or coriaceous, apex acute to obtuse, abaxial surface dotted with dark spots; corolla usually dark lavender to pink, rarely white, funnelform, 15–28 mm. |
Ipomoea cristulata |
Ipomoea dumetorum |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Nov. | Flowering Aug–Oct. |
Habitat | Chaparral, grasslands, oak woodlands, ponderosa pine zones. | Open, dry to wet sites, washes. |
Elevation | 700–2800 m. (2300–9200 ft.) | 2000–2800 m. (6600–9200 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; IA; KS; NM; TX; Mexico
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NM; TX; Mexico; South America |
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.) |
In the flora area, Ipomoea dumetorum is known from the Davis, Organ, and White mountains. The names I. cardiophylla and I. pulchella (Kunth) G. Don (not Roth) have been misapplied to plants of I. dumetorum. (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 | Quamoclit gracilis | |
Name authority | Hallier f.: Meded. Rijks-Herb. 46: 20. (1922) | Willdenow in J. J. Roemer et al.: Syst. Veg. 4: 789. (1819) |
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