FNA: Ipomoea muricata vs. Ipomoea cardiophylla

	Ipomoea muricata	Ipomoea cardiophylla
	lilac-bell, purple moonflower	heart-leaf morning glory
Habit	Annuals.	Annuals.
Stems	trailing or twining, ± warty or smooth.	twining.
Leaf	blades usually orbiculate to ovate, sometimes cordate or 3–5-lobed, 70–180 × 70–160 mm, base cordate, surfaces glabrous.	blades cordate, 20–60 × 14–38 mm, base cordate, surfaces glabrous.
Peduncles	glabrous.	glabrous.
Flowers	nocturnal; sepals oblong to ovate, 6–8 mm, chartaceous to coriaceous, apex acute, outers each with ± corniform appendage 4–6 mm; corolla white, turning lavender in morning, salverform, limb sometimes ± campanulate, 30–75 mm.	sepals triangular, 6 × 3–4 mm, chartaceous to coriaceous, apex acute; corolla blue (drying pink or purple), funnelform, 26–27 mm, limb 30–35 mm diam.
Fruits	18–20 mm.
2n	= 30.

	Ipomoea muricata	Ipomoea cardiophylla
Phenology	Flowering Nov.	Flowering Aug–Oct.
Habitat	Disturbed sites.	Desert scrub.
Elevation	0–80 m. (0–300 ft.)	700–1700 m. (2300–5600 ft.)
Distribution	AL; AR; FL; GA; LA; MS; TX; Mexico [Introduced in North America; introduced also in South America] [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]	AZ; NM; TX; Mexico [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Discussion	Ipomoea muricata has been spread as a contaminant in soybean seeds (C. R. Gunn 1970). The name Ipomoea turbinata Lagasca is illegitimate and has been misapplied to plants of I. muricata (G. W. Staples et al. 2006). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)	The name Ipomoea aristolochiifolia G. Don has been misapplied to plants of I. cardiophylla. (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. lindheimeri, I. longifolia, I. macrorhiza, I. microdactyla, 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. 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. tricolor, I. triloba, I. violacea, I. wrightii, I. ×leucantha
Synonyms	Convolvulus muricatus
Name authority	(Linnaeus) Jacquin: Pl. Hort. Schoenbr. 3: 40. (1798)	A. Gray in A. Gray et al.: Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 213. (1878)
Web links	Local Web sites: LA Plants WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search	WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Ipomoea muricata

Ipomoea cardiophylla

lilac-bell, purple moonflower

heart-leaf morning glory

Habit

Annuals.

Stems

trailing or twining, ± warty or smooth.

twining.

Leaf

blades usually orbiculate to ovate, sometimes cordate or 3–5-lobed, 70–180 × 70–160 mm, base cordate, surfaces glabrous.

blades cordate, 20–60 × 14–38 mm, base cordate, surfaces glabrous.

Peduncles

glabrous.

Flowers

nocturnal;

sepals oblong to ovate, 6–8 mm, chartaceous to coriaceous, apex acute, outers each with ± corniform appendage 4–6 mm;

corolla white, turning lavender in morning, salverform, limb sometimes ± campanulate, 30–75 mm.

sepals triangular, 6 × 3–4 mm, chartaceous to coriaceous, apex acute;

corolla blue (drying pink or purple), funnelform, 26–27 mm, limb 30–35 mm diam.

Fruits

18–20 mm.

= 30.

Ipomoea muricata

Ipomoea cardiophylla

Phenology

Flowering Nov.

Flowering Aug–Oct.

Habitat

Disturbed sites.

Desert scrub.

Elevation

0–80 m. (0–300 ft.)

700–1700 m. (2300–5600 ft.)

Distribution

AL; AR; FL; GA; LA; MS; TX; Mexico [Introduced in North America; introduced also in South America]

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]

AZ; NM; TX; Mexico

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]

Discussion

Ipomoea muricata has been spread as a contaminant in soybean seeds (C. R. Gunn 1970).

The name Ipomoea turbinata Lagasca is illegitimate and has been misapplied to plants of I. muricata (G. W. Staples et al. 2006).

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

The name Ipomoea aristolochiifolia G. Don has been misapplied to plants of I. cardiophylla.

(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. lindheimeri, I. longifolia, I. macrorhiza, I. microdactyla, 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. 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. tricolor, I. triloba, I. violacea, I. wrightii, I. ×leucantha

Synonyms

Convolvulus muricatus

Name authority

(Linnaeus) Jacquin: Pl. Hort. Schoenbr. 3: 40. (1798)

A. Gray in A. Gray et al.: Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 213. (1878)

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