Flora of North America species comparison

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Ipomoea pes-caprae

Ipomoea amnicola

bayhops, beach morning glory, goat's foot, man-of-the-earth

moonflower, redcenter morning-glory
Habit Perennials.
Stems

usually twining, sometimes decumbent.
Leaf

blades cordate-ovate, reniform, or 3-lobed, 20–125 × 20–125 mm, base cordate, surfaces glabrous.
Peduncles

glabrous, sometimes warty.
Flowers

sepals: outers usually ± orbiculate, sometimes oblong or elliptic, rarely ovate, 4–5 mm, inners obovate to ± orbiculate, 4–5.5 mm, chartaceous or membranous, margins scarious, apex usually emarginate, mucronulate, or obtuse, sometimes truncate;

corolla white with red (rose) lines or wholly lilac, throat darker, funnelform, 18–30 mm.

Ipomoea pes-caprae

Ipomoea amnicola
Phenology Flowering Apr–Jul(–Dec).
Habitat Disturbed sites.
Elevation 0–200 m. [0–700 ft.]
Distribution
from USDA
tropical regions; original distribution unknown; now world-wide in subtropical and tropical climates
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from FNA
TX; Mexico; South America (Argentina, Paraguay) [Introduced in North America]
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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.)

In the flora area, Ipomoea amnicola has been reported also from a Missouri collection made in 1921.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Parent taxa Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea
Sibling taxa
I. alba, I. amnicola, I. aquatica, I. asarifolia, I. barbatisepala, I. batatas, I. cairica, I. capillacea, I. cardiophylla, I. carnea, I. coccinea, I. cordatotriloba, I. costellata, I. cristulata, I. dumetorum, I. hederacea, I. hederifolia, I. imperati, I. indica, I. lacunosa, I. leptophylla, I. lindheimeri, I. longifolia, I. macrorhiza, I. microdactyla, I. muricata, I. nil, I. pandurata, I. plummerae, I. pubescens, I. purpurea, I. quamoclit, I. rupicola, I. sagittata, I. setosa, I. shumardiana, I. sloteri, I. tenuiloba, I. tenuissima, I. ternifolia, I. thurberi, I. tricolor, I. triloba, I. violacea, I. wrightii, I. ×leucantha
I. alba, I. aquatica, I. asarifolia, I. barbatisepala, I. batatas, I. cairica, I. capillacea, I. cardiophylla, I. carnea, I. coccinea, I. cordatotriloba, I. costellata, I. cristulata, I. dumetorum, I. hederacea, I. hederifolia, I. imperati, I. indica, I. lacunosa, I. leptophylla, I. lindheimeri, I. longifolia, I. macrorhiza, I. microdactyla, I. muricata, I. nil, I. pandurata, I. pes-caprae, I. plummerae, I. pubescens, I. purpurea, I. quamoclit, I. rupicola, I. sagittata, I. setosa, I. shumardiana, I. sloteri, I. tenuiloba, I. tenuissima, I. ternifolia, I. thurberi, I. tricolor, I. triloba, I. violacea, I. wrightii, I. ×leucantha
Subordinate taxa
I. pes-caprae subsp. brasiliensis
Synonyms Convolvulus pes-caprae
Name authority (Linnaeus) R. Brown: Observ. Congo, 58. (1818) Morong: Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 7: 170. (1893)
Source FNA vol. 14. Treatment author: Daniel F. Austin†. FNA vol. 14. Treatment author: Daniel F. Austin†.
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