Ipomoea lindheimeri |
Ipomoea wrightii |
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blue morningglory, Lindheimer's morning-glory |
palmleaf morningglory, Wright's morning-glory |
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Habit | Perennials. | Annuals. |
Stems | twining. |
usually twining, sometimes trailing. |
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 ± pentagonal, 30–80 × 20–80 mm overall, palmatisect, lobes 5, lance-linear to lanceolate, (21–)35–50(–80) × (5–)10–15(–20) mm, apex acute, surfaces glabrous. |
Peduncles | hairy, hairs retrorse, shaggy. |
usually spiraled, 50–100 mm, glabrous. |
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 ovate, 5–7 mm, chartaceous or coriaceous, apex obtuse to rounded, abaxial surface glabrous; corolla red, rosy, throat red-violet, funnelform, 18–30 mm. |
Ipomoea lindheimeri |
Ipomoea wrightii |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Nov. | Flowering Jul–Oct. |
Habitat | Oak woodlands, rocky sites, stream bottoms. | Disturbed sites, fields, marshy sites. |
Elevation | 200–2300 m. (700–7500 ft.) | 0–600 m. (0–2000 ft.) |
Distribution |
NM; TX; Mexico
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AL; AR; FL; GA; LA; MS; OK; TN; TX; Asia [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America (Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru), Africa, Australia]
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Discussion | Ipomoea wrightii may be spread as a contaminant in seeds. The names Ipomoea heptaphylla (Roxburg) Voigt and I. pulchella Roth have been misapplied to plants of I. wrightii. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 14. | FNA vol. 14. |
Parent taxa | Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea | Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | A. Gray in A. Gray et al.: Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 210. (1878) | A. Gray in A. Gray et al.: Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 213. (1878) |
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