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Ipomoea cordatotriloba

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

cotton morningglory, red morning glory, tievine

Habit

Perennials.

Stems

twining.

Leaf

blades cordate-ovate, lance-ovate, ovate, or 3–5(–7)-lobed, 10–90 × 10–90 mm, base cordate, lobes usually rounded, sometimes pointed, surfaces usually hirsute, pilose, or tomentose, rarely glabrous.

Peduncles

glabrous or hairy, hairs appressed.

Flowers

sepals lanceolate to ovate, 8–14 mm, chartaceous or coriaceous, outers lance-ovate to lanceolate, narrowed distal portion curved, glabrous or hairy, inners ovate, margins ciliate or not, abaxial surface glabrous or hairy;

corolla lavender, tube darker, funnelform, 20–38 mm.

Ipomoea pes-caprae

Ipomoea cordatotriloba

Distribution

tropical regions; original distribution unknown; now world-wide in subtropical and tropical climates

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United States; Mexico; South 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.)

Varieties 3 (2 in the flora).

Variety australis (O’Donnell) D. F. Austin is known from Argentina.

Varieties cordatotriloba and torreyana appear to differ by minor, trivial traits; nevertheless, they have distinctive aspects and, historically, distinct ranges and habitats. Both have been dispersed by humans and may appear sporadically in places outside their historical ranges.

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Parent taxa

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. coccinea, 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

I. cordatotriloba var. cordatotriloba, I. cordatotriloba var. torreyana

Key

1. Leaf blade surfaces usually hirsute, pilose, or tomentose, rarely glabrous; sepals hispid-pilose and/or ciliate.	var. cordatotriloba
1. Leaf blade surfaces glabrous; sepals glabrous.	var. torreyana

Synonyms

Convolvulus pes-caprae

Name authority

(Linnaeus) R. Brown: Observ. Congo, 58. (1818)

Dennstedt: Nomencl. Bot. 1: 246. (1810)

Source

FNA vol. 14. Treatment author: Daniel F. Austin†.

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