Ipomoea pes-caprae |
Ipomoea asarifolia |
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bayhops, beach morning glory, goat's foot |
ginger-leaf morning-glory |
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Habit | Perennials. | |
Stems | repent, rooting at nodes. |
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Leaf | blades cordate to ± orbiculate, 30–120 × 30–120 mm, base cordate, apex acute to rounded, surfaces glabrous. |
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Peduncles | glabrous. |
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Flowers | sepals chartaceous to coriaceous, outers elliptic, 5–9 mm, apex obtuse, inners elliptic or oblong, 10–15 mm, apex obtuse; corolla usually red, rarely white, funnelform, 50–80 mm. |
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Ipomoea pes-caprae |
Ipomoea asarifolia |
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Phenology | Flowering year-round. | |
Habitat | Beaches, moist or swampy 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; Mexico; Central America; South America; West Indies (Jamaica) [Introduced in North America] |
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 | Convolvulus asarifolius |
Name authority | (Linnaeus) R. Brown: Observ. Congo, 58. (1818) | (Desrousseaux) Roemer & Schultes in J. J. Roemer et al.: Syst. Veg. 4: 251. (1819) |
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