Ipomoea nil |
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ivy morning glory, Japanese morning glory, whiteedge morning-glory |
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Habit | Annuals. |
Stems | twining. |
Leaf | blades cordate, ± orbiculate, ovate, or 3-lobed, 50–150 × 20–140 mm overall, base cordate, surfaces sparsely hirsute to sericeous. |
Peduncles | hairy, hairs retrorse. |
Flowers | sepals lance-linear, 15–25(–30) mm, herbaceous, proximally narrowly ovate, densely hispid, gradually narrowed to ± straight, hispid to strigose or glabrate distal portion longer than ovate base; corolla usually blue to purplish, sometimes red or white, tube white or yellow inside, funnelform, (20–)30–60+ mm. |
2n | = 30. |
Ipomoea nil |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Dec. |
Habitat | Abandoned plantings, fields, thickets. |
Elevation | 10–2200 m. (0–7200 ft.) |
Distribution |
AL; KY; LA; MD; MS; NC; OK; SC; TN; TX; Mexico; Central America; South America; West Indies [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Asia]
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Discussion | Reports of Ipomoea nil from California are based on misidentified material of I. hederacea. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 14. |
Parent taxa | Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea |
Sibling taxa | |
Synonyms | Convolvulus nil, Pharbitis hederacea, P. nil |
Name authority | (Linnaeus) Roth: Catal. Bot. 1: 36. (1797) |
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