Ipomoea lindheimeri |
Ipomoea costellata |
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blue morningglory, Lindheimer's morning-glory |
crest-rib morning glory |
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Habit | Perennials. | Annuals. |
Stems | twining. |
usually trailing, or twining only near tips, rarely erect. |
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. |
blades palmatisect, lobes 5–9, lance-linear, linear, oblanceolate, or spatulate, 7–28 × 0.5–3(–8) mm, surfaces glabrous or sparsely hispidulous. |
Peduncles | hairy, hairs retrorse, shaggy. |
usually glabrous, rarely sparsely hispidulous. |
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. |
sepals lance-oblong to lanceolate, outers 3–5 × 1–2 mm, inners 4–6 × 2–3 mm, herbaceous, apex acute, abaxial surface usually ± carinate and glabrous, sometimes hispidulous on midrib; corolla pale lavender to pink, funnelform, 10–12 mm. |
Ipomoea lindheimeri |
Ipomoea costellata |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Nov. | Flowering Jul–Nov. |
Habitat | Oak woodlands, rocky sites, stream bottoms. | Chaparral, oak woodlands, ponderosa pine zone, rocky sites. |
Elevation | 200–2300 m. (700–7500 ft.) | 100–2200 m. (300–7200 ft.) |
Distribution |
NM; TX; Mexico
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AZ; NM; TX; Mexico [Introduced in South America]
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Source | FNA vol. 14. | FNA vol. 14. |
Parent taxa | Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea | Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | I. costellata var. edwardsensis | |
Name authority | A. Gray in A. Gray et al.: Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 210. (1878) | Torrey in W. H. Emory: Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 149. (1859) |
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