Ipomoea hederacea |
Ipomoea pubescens |
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ivy morning-glory, ivy-leaf morning-glory |
silky morning-glory |
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Habit | Annuals. | Perennials, root oblong, relatively large. |
Stems | twining. |
twining. |
Leaf | blades ± orbiculate, ovate, or 3–5-lobed, not palmatisect, 50–120 × 50–120 mm, base cordate, basal lobes ± pointed, surfaces hairy. |
blades cordate, ovate, or 3–5-lobed, 20–80 × 20–90 mm, base cordate, lobes elliptic to ovate, surfaces ± hirsute or coarsely sericeous. |
Peduncles | hairy, hairs retrorse. |
hairy, hairs retrorse or spreading. |
Flowers | sepals ± lanceolate, 12–24 mm, herbaceous, proximally ovate, abruptly narrowed to ± curved or spreading distal portion notably longer than dilated base, abaxial surface, at least proximal 1/3, hirsute to hispid; corolla light blue, tube white or pale yellow inside, funnelform, 20–37(–45) mm, limb 17–35 mm diam. 2n = 30. |
sepals lance-ovate to ovate, 9–21 × 2–11 mm, herbaceous, abaxial surface ± hispid or coarsely sericeous; corolla blue to violet, funnelform, 55–80 mm, limb 60–70 mm diam. |
Ipomoea hederacea |
Ipomoea pubescens |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Nov. | Flowering Aug–Sep. |
Habitat | Abandoned plantings, disturbed sites, gravel bars, roadsides. | Rocky sites, stream beds, oak woodlands. |
Elevation | 10–1900 m. (0–6200 ft.) | 100–1600 m. (300–5200 ft.) |
Distribution |
AL; AR; AZ; CA; CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MS; NC; ND; NE; NH; NJ; NM; NY; OH; OK; PA; SC; SD; TN; TX; VA; WI; WV; ON; Mexico; South America; introduced in Europe; Africa; Pacific Islands (New Zealand); Australia
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AZ; NM; TX; Mexico; South America
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Discussion | Leaf shape in Ipomoea hederacea, and, perhaps, in other ipomoeas, is under simple genetic control and is useless for recognition of varieties (C. D. Elmore 1986). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 14. | FNA vol. 14. |
Parent taxa | Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea | Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea |
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Synonyms | I. hederacea var. integriuscula, Pharbitis barbigera | |
Name authority | Jacquin: Collecteana 1: 124, plate 36. (1787): Icon. Pl. Rar., plate 36. (1787) | Lamarck in J. Lamarck and J. Poiret: Tabl. Encycl. 1: 465. (1793) — (as Ipomaea) |
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