Ipomoea indica |
Ipomoea longifolia |
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blue morningglory, oceanblue morning-glory |
pink-throat morning glory |
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Habit | Perennials. | Perennials, ± fleshy, rhizomatous. |
Stems | usually twining, sometimes trailing. |
usually trailing, rarely decumbent. |
Leaf | blades cordate, rounded-ovate, or 3–5(–7)-lobed, 30–140 × 30–140 mm, base cordate to sagittate, surfaces glabrous or ± pilose. |
blades lance-oblong, lanceolate, or linear, 100–120(–210) × 20–40 mm, base rounded, surfaces glabrous. |
Peduncles | glabrate or sparsely hairy, hairs antrorse to ± appressed. |
glabrous. |
Flowers | 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. |
sepals oblong or ovate, 12–20 mm, outers 12–14(–17) × 6–7 mm, inners 15–20 × 7–8 mm, coriaceous, surfaces glabrous; corolla ± white, throat purple inside, funnelform, 70–100 mm, limb 70–80 mm diam. |
2n | = 30. |
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Ipomoea indica |
Ipomoea longifolia |
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Phenology | Flowering year-round. | Flowering Apr–Sep. |
Habitat | Roadsides, thickets. | Desert grasslands, oak woodlands. |
Elevation | 0–1600 m. (0–5200 ft.) | 900–1900 m. (3000–6200 ft.) |
Distribution |
AL; CA; FL; GA; LA; MS; NC; PA; SC; TX; Mexico; Central America; South America; West Indies [Introduced in Asia]
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AZ; Mexico
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Discussion | 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.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 14. | FNA vol. 14. |
Parent taxa | Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea | Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Convolvulus indicus, I. mutabilis, Pharbitis cathartica | |
Name authority | (Burman) Merrill: Interpr. Herb. Amboin., 445. (1917) | Bentham: Pl. Hartw., 16 — (as Ipomaea), 345. 1839 |
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