FNA: Ipomoea indica vs. Ipomoea microdactyla

	Ipomoea indica	Ipomoea microdactyla
	beach morning glory, blue morningglory, oceanblue morning-glory	calcareous morning-glory, large-root morning glory
Habit	Perennials.	Perennials, root relatively large, tuberlike.
Stems	usually twining, sometimes trailing.	trailing, twining, sometimes ± fleshy.
Leaf	blades cordate, rounded-ovate, or 3–5(–7)-lobed, 30–140 × 30–140 mm, base cordate to sagittate, surfaces glabrous or ± pilose.	blades elliptic or lanceolate, 30–100 × 10–40 mm overall, base cordate to truncate, surfaces glabrous, or ± orbiculate, (3–)5–7-lobed, incised nearly to petiole tip, lobes narrowly elliptic, linear, or oblong, 20–40 × 3–10 mm.
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.	diurnal; sepals oblong, orbiculate, or ovate, 6–7 mm, coriaceous, margins sometimes scarious, apex obtuse, sometimes mucronulate; corolla red, salverform, (25–)40–50 mm, limb 25–30 mm diam., weakly 5-lobed or notably 5-lobed in age.
2n	= 30.

	Ipomoea indica	Ipomoea microdactyla
Phenology	Flowering year-round.	Flowering year-round.
Habitat	Roadsides, thickets.	Coppices, oölitic sites, open fields, pinelands.
Elevation	0–1600 m. [0–5200 ft.]	0–20 m. [0–70 ft.]
Distribution	AL; CA; FL; GA; LA; MS; NC; PA; SC; TX; Mexico; Central America; South America; West Indies [Introduced in Asia] [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]	FL; West Indies (Bahamas, Cuba) [BONAP county map]
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.)
Parent taxa	Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea	Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea
Sibling taxa	I. alba, I. amnicola, I. aquatica, I. asarifolia, I. barbatisepala, I. batatas, I. cairica, I. capillacea, I. cardiophylla, I. carnea, I. coccinea, I. cordatotriloba, I. costellata, I. cristulata, I. dumetorum, I. hederacea, I. hederifolia, I. imperati, I. lacunosa, I. leptophylla, I. lindheimeri, I. longifolia, I. macrorhiza, I. microdactyla, I. muricata, I. nil, I. pandurata, I. pes-caprae, I. plummerae, I. pubescens, I. purpurea, I. quamoclit, I. rupicola, I. sagittata, I. setosa, I. shumardiana, I. sloteri, I. tenuiloba, I. tenuissima, I. ternifolia, I. thurberi, I. tricolor, I. triloba, I. violacea, I. wrightii, I. ×leucantha	I. alba, I. amnicola, I. aquatica, I. asarifolia, I. barbatisepala, I. batatas, I. cairica, I. capillacea, I. cardiophylla, I. carnea, I. coccinea, I. cordatotriloba, I. costellata, I. cristulata, I. dumetorum, I. hederacea, I. hederifolia, I. imperati, I. indica, I. lacunosa, I. leptophylla, I. lindheimeri, I. longifolia, I. macrorhiza, I. muricata, I. nil, I. pandurata, I. pes-caprae, I. plummerae, I. pubescens, I. purpurea, I. quamoclit, I. rupicola, I. sagittata, I. setosa, I. shumardiana, I. sloteri, I. tenuiloba, I. tenuissima, I. ternifolia, I. thurberi, I. tricolor, I. triloba, I. violacea, I. wrightii, I. ×leucantha
Synonyms	Convolvulus indicus, I. mutabilis, Pharbitis cathartica	Exogonium microdactylum
Name authority	(Burman) Merrill: Interpr. Herb. Amboin., 445. (1917)	Grisebach: Cat. Pl. Cub., 204. (1866)
Source	FNA vol. 14. Treatment author: Daniel F. Austin†.	FNA vol. 14. Treatment author: Daniel F. Austin†.
Web links	Local floras: CA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, LA Plants WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search	WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Ipomoea microdactyla

beach morning glory, blue morningglory, oceanblue morning-glory

calcareous morning-glory, large-root morning glory

Habit

Perennials.

Perennials, root relatively large, tuberlike.

Stems

usually twining, sometimes trailing.

trailing, twining, sometimes ± fleshy.

Leaf

blades cordate, rounded-ovate, or 3–5(–7)-lobed, 30–140 × 30–140 mm, base cordate to sagittate, surfaces glabrous or ± pilose.

blades elliptic or lanceolate, 30–100 × 10–40 mm overall, base cordate to truncate, surfaces glabrous, or ± orbiculate, (3–)5–7-lobed, incised nearly to petiole tip, lobes narrowly elliptic, linear, or oblong, 20–40 × 3–10 mm.

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.

diurnal;

sepals oblong, orbiculate, or ovate, 6–7 mm, coriaceous, margins sometimes scarious, apex obtuse, sometimes mucronulate;

corolla red, salverform, (25–)40–50 mm, limb 25–30 mm diam., weakly 5-lobed or notably 5-lobed in age.

= 30.

Ipomoea indica

Ipomoea microdactyla

Phenology

Flowering year-round.

Habitat

Roadsides, thickets.

Coppices, oölitic sites, open fields, pinelands.

Elevation

0–1600 m. [0–5200 ft.]

0–20 m. [0–70 ft.]

Distribution

AL; CA; FL; GA; LA; MS; NC; PA; SC; TX; Mexico; Central America; South America; West Indies [Introduced in Asia]

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]

FL; West Indies (Bahamas, Cuba)

[BONAP county map]

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.)

Parent taxa

Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea

Sibling taxa

I. alba, I. amnicola, I. aquatica, I. asarifolia, I. barbatisepala, I. batatas, I. cairica, I. capillacea, I. cardiophylla, I. carnea, I. coccinea, I. cordatotriloba, I. costellata, I. cristulata, I. dumetorum, I. hederacea, I. hederifolia, I. imperati, I. lacunosa, I. leptophylla, I. lindheimeri, I. longifolia, I. macrorhiza, I. microdactyla, I. muricata, I. nil, I. pandurata, I. pes-caprae, I. plummerae, I. pubescens, I. purpurea, I. quamoclit, I. rupicola, I. sagittata, I. setosa, I. shumardiana, I. sloteri, I. tenuiloba, I. tenuissima, I. ternifolia, I. thurberi, I. tricolor, I. triloba, I. violacea, I. wrightii, I. ×leucantha

I. alba, I. amnicola, I. aquatica, I. asarifolia, I. barbatisepala, I. batatas, I. cairica, I. capillacea, I. cardiophylla, I. carnea, I. coccinea, I. cordatotriloba, I. costellata, I. cristulata, I. dumetorum, I. hederacea, I. hederifolia, I. imperati, I. indica, I. lacunosa, I. leptophylla, I. lindheimeri, I. longifolia, I. macrorhiza, I. muricata, I. nil, I. pandurata, I. pes-caprae, I. plummerae, I. pubescens, I. purpurea, I. quamoclit, I. rupicola, I. sagittata, I. setosa, I. shumardiana, I. sloteri, I. tenuiloba, I. tenuissima, I. ternifolia, I. thurberi, I. tricolor, I. triloba, I. violacea, I. wrightii, I. ×leucantha

Synonyms

Convolvulus indicus, I. mutabilis, Pharbitis cathartica

Exogonium microdactylum

Name authority

(Burman) Merrill: Interpr. Herb. Amboin., 445. (1917)

Grisebach: Cat. Pl. Cub., 204. (1866)

Source

FNA vol. 14. Treatment author: Daniel F. Austin†.

Web links

Local floras: CA
Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, LA Plants
WildflowerSearch
iNaturalist (observations)
USDA Plants Database
LBJ Wildflower Center
SEINet
Plants of the World Online
Encyclopedia of Life
Wikipedia
Google Image Search

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