Ipomoea indica
Ipomoea cristulata
blue morningglory, oceanblue morning-glory
star-glory, trans-Pecos morning-glory
usually twining, sometimes trailing.
twining.
blades cordate, rounded-ovate, or 3–5(–7)-lobed, 30–140 × 30–140 mm, base cordate to sagittate, surfaces glabrous or ± pilose.
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.
glabrate or sparsely hairy, hairs antrorse to ± appressed.
glabrous.
sepals lance-ovate, 14–21 mm, herbaceous, apex ± acuminate, surfaces glabrous or abaxial sparsely hairy, hairs appressed;
corolla usually blue to purple, rarely white, throat and tube white, funnelform, 50–70 mm.
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.
= 30.
Ipomoea indica
Ipomoea cristulata
In the flora area, Ipomoea indica rarely produces seeds and rarely survives winters. It is probably native in southern Florida.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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.)
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