Ipomoea pes-caprae |
Ipomoea barbatisepala |
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bayhops, beach morning glory, goat's foot |
canyon morning-glory |
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Habit | Annuals. | |
Stems | twining. |
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Leaf | blades orbiculate-ovate, 30–80 × 15–85 mm overall, base cordate, palmatisect, incised nearly to petiole tip, lobes (3–)5–7, ± lanceolate or rhombic, surfaces glabrous, sometimes gland-dotted. |
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Peduncles | glabrous. |
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Flowers | sepals ± lance-linear, 10–12 × 1–2 mm, herbaceous, proximally slightly dilated relative to narrowed distal portion, abaxial surface hispid-pilose; corolla blue, red-purple, or white, funnelform, 16–20(–25) mm, limb 18–20 mm diam. |
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Ipomoea pes-caprae |
Ipomoea barbatisepala |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Dec. | |
Habitat | Chaparral, desert scrub. | |
Elevation | 800–2500 m. (2600–8200 ft.) | |
Distribution |
tropical regions; original distribution unknown; now world-wide in subtropical and tropical climates
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AZ; NM; TX; Mexico
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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 | |
Name authority | (Linnaeus) R. Brown: Observ. Congo, 58. (1818) | A. Gray in A. Gray et al.: Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 212. (1878) |
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