Flora of North America species comparison

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Ipomoea lindheimeri

blue morningglory, Lindheimer's morning-glory
Habit Perennials.
Stems

twining.
Leaf

blades broadly ovate to reniform, 50–60 × 50–80 mm overall, usually 3–5(–7)-lobed, lobes ± lanceolate, base cordate, surfaces ± hirsute or sericeous.
Peduncles

hairy, hairs retrorse, shaggy.
Flowers

sepals lanceolate to lance-ovate, 18–30 × 3–5(–9) mm, herbaceous, base ± dilated, abaxial surface ± hispid;

corolla blue to violet, funnelform, 55–90 mm, limb 60–70 mm diam.

Ipomoea lindheimeri
Phenology Flowering Apr–Nov.
Habitat Oak woodlands, rocky sites, stream bottoms.
Elevation 200–2300 m. (700–7500 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
NM; TX; Mexico
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Source FNA vol. 14.
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. indica, I. lacunosa, I. leptophylla, 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
Name authority A. Gray in A. Gray et al.: Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 210. (1878)
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