Ipomoea pes-caprae |
Ipomoea lacunosa |
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bayhops, beach morning glory, goat's foot, man-of-the-earth |
oceanblue morning glory, pitted morningglory, small white morning glory, white morning-glory, whitestar |
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| Habit | Annuals. | |
| Stems | twining. |
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| Leaf | blades cordate-ovate, deltate-ovate, ovate, or 3(–5)-lobed, 30–80 × 20–70 mm, base ± cordate, basal lobes rounded or pointed, surfaces glabrous or sparsely hairy. |
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| Peduncles | glabrous, sometimes muricate. |
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| Flowers | sepals elliptic-oblong, lanceolate, or lance-ovate, (8–)11–14 mm, chartaceous or coriaceous, margins ciliate, apex acuminate, surfaces glabrous; corolla usually white, limb sometimes pink tinged, funnelform, 15–20(–25) mm. |
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| Fruits | 10–13 mm diam. 2n = 30. |
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Ipomoea pes-caprae |
Ipomoea lacunosa |
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| Phenology | Flowering Apr–Oct. | |
| Habitat | Disturbed sites, ditches, fields. | |
| Elevation | 0–300 m. [0–1000 ft.] | |
| Distribution |
tropical regions; original distribution unknown; now world-wide in subtropical and tropical climates
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AL; DC; DE; FL; GA; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; 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.) |
Plants of Ipomoea lacunosa are sometimes confused with plants of I. × leucantha, which are derived from hybridization between I. lacunosa and I. cordatotriloba (D. F. Austin and W. E. Abel 1981). Seeds of Ipomoea lacunosa are 5–6 mm and seeds of I. × leucantha are 3.2–4 mm. Reports of Ipomoea lacunosa for Ontario, California, and New York are apparently based on waifs. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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| Synonyms | Convolvulus pes-caprae | |
| Name authority | (Linnaeus) R. Brown: Observ. Congo, 58. (1818) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 161. (1753) |
| Source | FNA vol. 14. | FNA vol. 14. |
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