Ipomoea indica |
Ipomoea tenuissima |
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blue morningglory, oceanblue morning-glory |
rockland morning-glory |
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Habit | Perennials. | Annuals. |
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 usually narrowly hastate or sagittate, sometimes ovate, 15–30 × 7–20 mm, base cordate, hastate, or sagittate, lobes usually pointed, sometimes rounded, surfaces usually ± hairy, adaxial sometimes glabrate. |
Peduncles | glabrate or sparsely hairy, hairs antrorse to ± appressed. |
hairy, hairs appressed. |
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 lance-oblong, lanceolate, or lance-ovate, 5–8 mm, chartaceous or coriaceous, margins ciliate, apex acuminate, mucronate; corolla lavender, pink, or pink-purple, throat darker inside, funnelform, 30–45 mm. |
2n | = 30. |
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Ipomoea indica |
Ipomoea tenuissima |
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Phenology | Flowering year-round. | Flowering Aug–Sep. |
Habitat | Roadsides, thickets. | Pine flatwoods. |
Elevation | 0–1600 m. (0–5200 ft.) | 0–30 m. (0–100 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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FL |
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.) |
After fires, Ipomoea tenuissima seeds germinate and seedlings thrive for about a year. The plants then disappear except in sites that remain open. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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) | Choisy in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle: Prodr. 9: 376. (1845) |
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