Flora of North America species comparison

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Ipomoea indica

Ipomoea tricolor

blue morningglory, oceanblue morning-glory

granny morning-glory, grannyvine, heavenly blue morning glory
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 ± cordate, 60–100 × 25–130 mm, base cordate, 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 lance-ovate, triangular, or oblong-triangular, (4–)6–7 mm, coriaceous, margins scarious, apex acute, abaxial surface muriculate, glabrous;

corolla usually blue to deep blue, sometimes white, tube white outside, pale yellow inside, funnelform, 35–60 mm, limb 50–90 mm diam.
2n

= 30.

Ipomoea indica

Ipomoea tricolor
Phenology Flowering year-round. Flowering Oct–Dec.
Habitat Roadsides, thickets. Abandoned plantings, thickets.
Elevation 0–1600 m. (0–5200 ft.) 20–1900 m. (100–6200 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; CA; FL; GA; LA; MS; NC; PA; SC; TX; Mexico; Central America; South America; West Indies [Introduced in Asia]
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from FNA
AL; AR; AZ; FL; GA; KY; LA; MO; MS; NC; PA; SC; TX; Mexico; Central America; South America; West Indies [Introduced in North America]
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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.)

Ipomoea tricolor is native in Mexico and has long been cultivated in North America.

The name Ipomoea violacea has been misapplied to plants of I. tricolor.

(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
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. 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. triloba, I. violacea, I. wrightii, I. ×leucantha
Synonyms Convolvulus indicus, I. mutabilis, Pharbitis cathartica
Name authority (Burman) Merrill: Interpr. Herb. Amboin., 445. (1917) Cavanilles: Icon. 3: 5, plate 208. (1795)
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