Ipomoea muricata |
Ipomoea imperati |
|
---|---|---|
lilac-bell, purple moonflower |
beach morning-glory |
|
Habit | Annuals. | Perennials. |
Stems | trailing or twining, ± warty or smooth. |
repent, rooting at nodes and underground. |
Leaf | blades usually orbiculate to ovate, sometimes cordate or 3–5-lobed, 70–180 × 70–160 mm, base cordate, surfaces glabrous. |
blades lanceolate, linear, oblong, ovate, or 3–5-lobed, 15–80 × 12–60 mm, base cordate to truncate, 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 lance-oblong, 10–15 mm, outers shorter than inners, ± coriaceous, apex acute to obtuse, abaxial surface glabrous; corolla white, throat usually yellow, sometimes purplish inside, funnelform, 25–50 mm. |
Fruits | 18–20 mm. |
|
2n | = 30. |
= 30. |
Ipomoea muricata |
Ipomoea imperati |
|
Phenology | Flowering Nov. | Flowering year-round. |
Habitat | Disturbed sites. | Beaches, dunes. |
Elevation | 0–80 m. (0–300 ft.) | 0–10 m. (0–0 ft.) |
Distribution |
AL; AR; FL; GA; LA; MS; TX; Mexico [Introduced in North America; introduced also in South America]
|
AL; FL; GA; LA; MS; NC; SC; TX; HI; Mexico; Central America; South America; West Indies [Introduced in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia]
|
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.) |
Ipomoea imperati was collected once in Pennsylvania (on ballast in 1865). The names I. littoralis (Linnaeus) Boissier 1875, not Blume 1826, and I. stolonifera (Cirillo) J. F. Gmelin are illegitimate; both have been misapplied to plants of I. imperati. (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 | ||
Synonyms | Convolvulus muricatus | Convolvulus imperati |
Name authority | (Linnaeus) Jacquin: Pl. Hort. Schoenbr. 3: 40. (1798) | (Vahl) Grisebach: Cat. Pl. Cub., 203. (1866) |
Web links |