Ipomoea pes-caprae |
Ipomoea longifolia |
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bayhops, beach morning glory, goat's foot |
pink-throat morning glory |
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Habit | Perennials, ± fleshy, rhizomatous. | |
Stems | usually trailing, rarely decumbent. |
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Leaf | blades lance-oblong, lanceolate, or linear, 100–120(–210) × 20–40 mm, base rounded, surfaces glabrous. |
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Peduncles | glabrous. |
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Flowers | sepals oblong or ovate, 12–20 mm, outers 12–14(–17) × 6–7 mm, inners 15–20 × 7–8 mm, coriaceous, surfaces glabrous; corolla ± white, throat purple inside, funnelform, 70–100 mm, limb 70–80 mm diam. |
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Ipomoea pes-caprae |
Ipomoea longifolia |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Sep. | |
Habitat | Desert grasslands, oak woodlands. | |
Elevation | 900–1900 m. (3000–6200 ft.) | |
Distribution |
tropical regions; original distribution unknown; now world-wide in subtropical and tropical climates
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AZ; 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) | Bentham: Pl. Hartw., 16 — (as Ipomaea), 345. 1839 |
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