FNA: Ipomoea lindheimeri vs. Ipomoea hederifolia

	Ipomoea lindheimeri	Ipomoea hederifolia
	blue morningglory, Lindheimer's morning-glory	scarlet creeper, scarlet morning-glory
Habit	Perennials.	Annuals.
Stems	twining.	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.	blades ± orbiculate, reniform, or 3-lobed, 20–150 × 20–150 mm, base ± cordate, surfaces glabrous or puberulent.
Peduncles	hairy, hairs retrorse, shaggy.	usually glabrous, sometimes sparsely hairy, hairs antrorse.
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.	diurnal; sepals elliptic to oblong, 4–4.5 mm, herbaceous, apex obtuse or truncate, outers with ± terminal corniform appendage, abaxial surface glabrous; corolla red to red-orange, salverform, 14–30 mm.
2n		= 28, 30.

	Ipomoea lindheimeri	Ipomoea hederifolia
Phenology	Flowering Apr–Nov.	Flowering Oct–Mar.
Habitat	Oak woodlands, rocky sites, stream bottoms.	Disturbed sites, fence rows, thickets.
Elevation	200–2300 m. (700–7500 ft.)	0–1800 m. (0–5900 ft.)
Distribution	NM; TX; Mexico [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]	AZ; FL; GA; LA; TX; Mexico; Central America; South America; West Indies [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Discussion		A report of Ipomoea hederifolia from Kansas was presumably based on a cultivated plant, and a report for Vermont (J. T. Atwood et al. 1973) was presumably based on waifs that did not persist. The report of I. hederifolia for New Mexico by W. C. Martin and C. R. Hutchins (1980) was based on misidentified specimens. Ipomoea hederifolia may be established in Virginia. The names Ipomoea coccinea and Quamoclit coccinea (Linnaeus) Moench have been misapplied to plants of I. hederifolia. (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. 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	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. 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. 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)	Linnaeus: Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 925. (1759) — (as hederfol.)
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Ipomoea hederifolia

blue morningglory, Lindheimer's morning-glory

scarlet creeper, scarlet morning-glory

Habit

Perennials.

Annuals.

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.

blades ± orbiculate, reniform, or 3-lobed, 20–150 × 20–150 mm, base ± cordate, surfaces glabrous or puberulent.

Peduncles

hairy, hairs retrorse, shaggy.

usually glabrous, sometimes sparsely hairy, hairs antrorse.

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.

diurnal;

sepals elliptic to oblong, 4–4.5 mm, herbaceous, apex obtuse or truncate, outers with ± terminal corniform appendage, abaxial surface glabrous;

corolla red to red-orange, salverform, 14–30 mm.

= 28, 30.

Ipomoea hederifolia

Phenology

Flowering Apr–Nov.

Flowering Oct–Mar.

Habitat

Oak woodlands, rocky sites, stream bottoms.

Disturbed sites, fence rows, thickets.

Elevation

200–2300 m. (700–7500 ft.)

0–1800 m. (0–5900 ft.)

Distribution

NM; TX; Mexico

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]

AZ; FL; GA; LA; TX; Mexico; Central America; South America; West Indies

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]

Discussion

A report of Ipomoea hederifolia from Kansas was presumably based on a cultivated plant, and a report for Vermont (J. T. Atwood et al. 1973) was presumably based on waifs that did not persist. The report of I. hederifolia for New Mexico by W. C. Martin and C. R. Hutchins (1980) was based on misidentified specimens. Ipomoea hederifolia may be established in Virginia.

The names Ipomoea coccinea and Quamoclit coccinea (Linnaeus) Moench have been misapplied to plants of I. hederifolia.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

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

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. 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. 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)

Linnaeus: Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 925. (1759) — (as hederfol.)

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