Ipomoea indica |
Ipomoea sagittata |
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blue morningglory, oceanblue morning-glory |
saltmarsh morning-glory |
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Habit | Perennials. | Perennials. |
Stems | usually twining, sometimes trailing. |
twining. |
Leaf | blades cordate, rounded-ovate, or 3–5(–7)-lobed, 30–140 × 30–140 mm, base cordate to sagittate, surfaces glabrous or ± pilose. |
blades ± triangular, 40–100 × 20–60 mm overall, base hastate to sagittate, basal lobes lanceolate, linear, or narrowly triangular, 15–60(–100) × 3–8(–15) mm, 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 elliptic, oblong, or ovate, 8–9 mm, coriaceous, apex obtuse to rounded, mucronate, surfaces glabrous; corolla lavender, purple, or red-purple, funnelform, 60–90 mm, limb 60–80 mm diam. |
2n | = 30. |
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Ipomoea indica |
Ipomoea sagittata |
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Phenology | Flowering year-round. | Flowering Apr–Oct. |
Habitat | Roadsides, thickets. | Beaches, brackish or freshwater marshes, swamps. |
Elevation | 0–1600 m. [0–5200 ft.] | 0–400 m. [0–1300 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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AL; FL; GA; LA; MS; NC; SC; TX; Mexico; West Indies [Introduced in Eurasia, nw Africa]
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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. |
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Synonyms | Convolvulus indicus, I. mutabilis, Pharbitis cathartica | |
Name authority | (Burman) Merrill: Interpr. Herb. Amboin., 445. (1917) | Poiret: Voy. Barbarie 2: 122. (1789) — (as Ipomea) |
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