Ipomoea pes-caprae |
Ipomoea pandurata |
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bayhops, beach morning glory, goat's foot |
bigroot morningglory, man-of-the-earth, wild potato vine, wild sweet potato, wild sweet potato morning-glory |
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Habit | Perennials, root relatively large. | |
Stems | usually twining, sometimes trailing. |
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Leaf | blades cordate, cordate-ovate, or pandurate, 30–100 × 20–90 mm, base cordate, surfaces glabrous or abaxial hairy. |
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Peduncles | glabrous. |
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Flowers | sepals elliptic-oblong, 12–22 mm, outers sometimes shorter than inners, coriaceous, surfaces glabrous; corolla white, throat lavender or purple-red inside, funnelform, 50–80 mm. |
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2n | = 30. |
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Ipomoea pes-caprae |
Ipomoea pandurata |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Sep. | |
Habitat | Abandoned plantings, fields, prairies. | |
Elevation | 0–600 m. (0–2000 ft.) | |
Distribution |
tropical regions; original distribution unknown; now world-wide in subtropical and tropical climates
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AL; AR; CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; MI; MO; MS; NC; NE; NJ; NY; OH; OK; PA; SC; TN; TX; VA; WV; ON
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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 | Convolvulus panduratus |
Name authority | (Linnaeus) R. Brown: Observ. Congo, 58. (1818) | (Linnaeus) G. Meyer: Prim. Fl. Esseq., 100. (1818) |
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