Ipomoea pandurata |
Ipomoea setosa |
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bigroot morningglory, man-of-the-earth, wild potato vine, wild sweet potato, wild sweet potato morning-glory |
Brazilian morning-glory |
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Habit | Perennials, root relatively large. | Perennials. |
Stems | usually twining, sometimes trailing. |
twining, ± setose. |
Leaf | blades cordate, cordate-ovate, or pandurate, 30–100 × 20–90 mm, base cordate, surfaces glabrous or abaxial hairy. |
blades orbiculate or broadly ovate, usually 3–7-lobed, 100–200 × 100–200 mm overall, base cordate, lobes lanceolate to ovate, surfaces glabrous. |
Peduncles | glabrous. |
setose. |
Flowers | sepals elliptic-oblong, 12–22 mm, outers sometimes shorter than inners, coriaceous, surfaces glabrous; corolla white, throat lavender or purple-red inside, funnelform, 50–80 mm. |
nocturnal; sepals oblong, 10–14 mm, coriaceous, apex obtuse, abaxial surface setose; corolla lavender or pink, salverform, 60–90 mm, limb sometimes ± campanulate or rotate, 80–100 mm diam. |
2n | = 30. |
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Ipomoea pandurata |
Ipomoea setosa |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Sep. | Flowering Nov–Jan. |
Habitat | Abandoned plantings, fields, prairies. | Abandoned plantings, disturbed sites. |
Elevation | 0–600 m. (0–2000 ft.) | 0–400 m. (0–1300 ft.) |
Distribution |
AL; AR; CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; MI; MO; MS; NC; NE; NJ; NY; OH; OK; PA; SC; TN; TX; VA; WV; ON
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FL; MS; TX; Mexico; Central America; South America [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Asia] |
Discussion | The report of Ipomoea setosa from Mississippi has not been verified. (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 panduratus | I. melanotricha |
Name authority | (Linnaeus) G. Meyer: Prim. Fl. Esseq., 100. (1818) | Ker Gawler: Bot. Reg. 4: plate 335. (1818) |
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