Ipomoea pes-caprae |
Ipomoea lindheimeri |
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bayhops, beach morning glory, goat's foot |
blue morningglory, Lindheimer's morning-glory |
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Habit | Perennials. | |
Stems | twining. |
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Leaf | blades broadly ovate to reniform, 50–60 × 50–80 mm overall, usually 3–5(–7)-lobed, lobes ± lanceolate, base cordate, surfaces ± hirsute or sericeous. |
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Peduncles | hairy, hairs retrorse, shaggy. |
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Flowers | sepals lanceolate to lance-ovate, 18–30 × 3–5(–9) mm, herbaceous, base ± dilated, abaxial surface ± hispid; corolla blue to violet, funnelform, 55–90 mm, limb 60–70 mm diam. |
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Ipomoea pes-caprae |
Ipomoea lindheimeri |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Nov. | |
Habitat | Oak woodlands, rocky sites, stream bottoms. | |
Elevation | 200–2300 m. (700–7500 ft.) | |
Distribution |
tropical regions; original distribution unknown; now world-wide in subtropical and tropical climates
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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): 210. (1878) |
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