Ipomoea pes-caprae |
Ipomoea alba |
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bayhops, beach morning glory, goat's foot |
moon flower, tropical white morning-glory |
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Habit | Perennials. | |
Stems | twining, usually prickly, sometimes rooting at nodes. |
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Leaf | blades broadly ovate to triangular or 3–5-lobed, 50–150 × 50–150 mm, base cordate, surfaces usually glabrous, rarely hairy. |
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Peduncles | glabrous. |
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Flowers | nocturnal; sepals ovate, 7–15 mm, ± coriaceous, apex acute, outers each with midrib extending as ± corniform appendage; corolla white, throat green-banded inside, salverform, 70–150 mm. |
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Fruits | 20–30 mm. |
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2n | = 30. |
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Ipomoea pes-caprae |
Ipomoea alba |
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Phenology | Flowering Sep–May. | |
Habitat | Forest margins, swamps, moist sites. | |
Elevation | 0–100 m. (0–300 ft.) | |
Distribution |
tropical regions; original distribution unknown; now world-wide in subtropical and tropical climates
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FL; LA; SC; TX; Mexico; Central America; South America; West Indies [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Asia]
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Discussion | Subspecies 2 (1 in the flora). Subspecies pes-caprae in known from coastal and island shores around and in the Indian Ocean. (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 |
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Synonyms | Convolvulus pes-caprae | Calonyction aculeatum, Convolvulus aculeatus |
Name authority | (Linnaeus) R. Brown: Observ. Congo, 58. (1818) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 161. (1753) |
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