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Ipomoea pes-caprae

Ipomoea coccinea

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

Mexican morningglory, red morning-glory, redstar, scarlet morningglory, starglory, woolly tidestromia
Habit Annuals.
Stems

twining.
Leaf

blades usually cordate, sometimes ovate, sagittate, or triangular, 20–140 mm, base ± cordate, lobes rounded or 1–2-pointed, surfaces glabrous or proximally pilose.
Peduncles

glabrous.
Flowers

diurnal;

sepals chartaceous, outers oblong to elliptic, 3–3.5 mm, apex obtuse to truncate, each with ± terminal corniform appendage 2.5–6 mm, inners oblong, 4.5–5.7 mm, chartaceous, apex obtuse to truncate, each with ± terminal, corniform appendage 2–5.5 mm;

corolla usually red or red and yellow, sometimes white (in cultivars), salverform, 20–25 mm.
2n

= 28.

Ipomoea pes-caprae

Ipomoea coccinea
Phenology Flowering Jul–Dec.
Habitat Abandoned plantings, disturbed sites.
Elevation 0–300 m. [0–1000 ft.]
Distribution
from USDA
tropical regions; original distribution unknown; now world-wide in subtropical and tropical climates
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AL; AR; DC; DE; FL; GA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MD; MO; MS; NC; NJ; OH; OK; PA; SC; TN; TX; VA; WV
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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.)

Ipomoea coccinea differs from I. hederifolia by reflexed pedicels (erect in I. hederifolia) and larger inner sepals (4.5–5.7 mm) than I. hederifolia (to 3–4 mm).

(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. amnicola, I. aquatica, I. asarifolia, I. barbatisepala, I. batatas, I. cairica, I. capillacea, I. cardiophylla, I. carnea, 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) Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 160. (1753)
Source FNA vol. 14. Treatment author: Daniel F. Austin†. FNA vol. 14. Treatment author: Daniel F. Austin†.
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