Ipomoea muricata |
Ipomoea longifolia |
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lilac-bell, purple moonflower |
pink-throat morning glory |
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Habit | Annuals. | Perennials, ± fleshy, rhizomatous. |
Stems | trailing or twining, ± warty or smooth. |
usually trailing, rarely decumbent. |
Leaf | blades usually orbiculate to ovate, sometimes cordate or 3–5-lobed, 70–180 × 70–160 mm, base cordate, surfaces glabrous. |
blades lance-oblong, lanceolate, or linear, 100–120(–210) × 20–40 mm, base rounded, 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 oblong or ovate, 12–20 mm, outers 12–14(–17) × 6–7 mm, inners 15–20 × 7–8 mm, coriaceous, surfaces glabrous; corolla ± white, throat purple inside, funnelform, 70–100 mm, limb 70–80 mm diam. |
Fruits | 18–20 mm. |
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2n | = 30. |
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Ipomoea muricata |
Ipomoea longifolia |
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Phenology | Flowering Nov. | Flowering Apr–Sep. |
Habitat | Disturbed sites. | Desert grasslands, oak woodlands. |
Elevation | 0–80 m. (0–300 ft.) | 900–1900 m. (3000–6200 ft.) |
Distribution |
AL; AR; FL; GA; LA; MS; TX; Mexico [Introduced in North America; introduced also in South America]
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AZ; Mexico
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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.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 14. | FNA vol. 14. |
Parent taxa | Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea | Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Convolvulus muricatus | |
Name authority | (Linnaeus) Jacquin: Pl. Hort. Schoenbr. 3: 40. (1798) | Bentham: Pl. Hartw., 16 — (as Ipomaea), 345. 1839 |
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