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Ipomoea pes-caprae

Ipomoea nil

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

ivy morning glory, lilac-bell, whiteedge morning-glory
Habit Annuals.
Stems

twining.
Leaf

blades cordate, ± orbiculate, ovate, or 3-lobed, 50–150 × 20–140 mm overall, base cordate, surfaces sparsely hirsute to sericeous.
Peduncles

hairy, hairs retrorse.
Flowers

sepals lance-linear, 15–25(–30) mm, herbaceous, proximally narrowly ovate, densely hispid, gradually narrowed to ± straight, hispid to strigose or glabrate distal portion longer than ovate base;

corolla usually blue to purplish, sometimes red or white, tube white or yellow inside, funnelform, (20–)30–60+ mm.
2n

= 30.

Ipomoea pes-caprae

Ipomoea nil
Phenology Flowering Jul–Dec.
Habitat Abandoned plantings, fields, thickets.
Elevation 10–2200 m. [30–7200 ft.]
Distribution
from USDA
tropical regions; original distribution unknown; now world-wide in subtropical and tropical climates
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from FNA
AL; KY; LA; MD; MS; NC; OK; SC; TN; TX; Mexico; Central America; South America; West Indies [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Asia]
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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.)

Reports of Ipomoea nil from California are based on misidentified material of I. hederacea.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Parent taxa Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea 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. 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. 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
Synonyms Convolvulus pes-caprae Convolvulus nil, Pharbitis hederacea, P. nil
Name authority (Linnaeus) R. Brown: Observ. Congo, 58. (1818) (Linnaeus) Roth: Catal. Bot. 1: 36. (1797)
Source FNA vol. 14. Treatment author: Daniel F. Austin†. FNA vol. 14. Treatment author: Daniel F. Austin†.
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