Ipomoea pes-caprae |
Ipomoea dumetorum |
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bayhops, beach morning glory, goat's foot |
railway creeper |
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Habit | Annuals. | |
Stems | usually twining, sometimes trailing. |
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Leaf | blades deltate, ovate, or ovate-elongate, 24–80 × 8–87 mm, base cordate or ± sagittate to truncate, margins sometimes 3-toothed, surfaces glabrous. |
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Peduncles | pilosulous on proximal 1–2 mm, distally glabrous. |
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Flowers | sepals elongate-ovate to ovate, 3.5–8 mm, chartaceous or coriaceous, apex acute to obtuse, abaxial surface dotted with dark spots; corolla usually dark lavender to pink, rarely white, funnelform, 15–28 mm. |
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Ipomoea pes-caprae |
Ipomoea dumetorum |
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Phenology | Flowering Aug–Oct. | |
Habitat | Open, dry to wet sites, washes. | |
Elevation | 2000–2800 m. (6600–9200 ft.) | |
Distribution |
tropical regions; original distribution unknown; now world-wide in subtropical and tropical climates
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NM; TX; Mexico; South 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.) |
In the flora area, Ipomoea dumetorum is known from the Davis, Organ, and White mountains. The names I. cardiophylla and I. pulchella (Kunth) G. Don (not Roth) have been misapplied to plants of I. dumetorum. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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) | Willdenow in J. J. Roemer et al.: Syst. Veg. 4: 789. (1819) |
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