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Ipomoea pes-caprae

Ipomoea pes-caprae subsp. brasiliensis

bayhops, beach morning glory, goat's foot
Photo is of parent taxon

Brazilian bayhops
Habit Perennials.
Stems

usually repent, rooting at nodes, rarely twining, ± fleshy.
Leaf

blades ± orbiculate, ovate, or reniform, 30–100 × 50–100 mm, base cordate, rounded, or truncate, apex ± emarginate, surfaces glabrous.
Peduncles

glabrous.
Flowers

sepals elliptic, orbiculate, or ovate, 5–11 mm, ± coriaceous;

corolla lavender or pink, throat darker inside, funnelform, 35–40(–70) mm.
2n

= 30, 60.

Ipomoea pes-caprae

Ipomoea pes-caprae subsp. brasiliensis
Phenology Flowering year-round.
Habitat Beaches, dunes.
Elevation 0–10 m. (0–0 ft.)
Distribution
from USDA
tropical regions; original distribution unknown; now world-wide in subtropical and tropical climates
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from FNA
AL; FL; GA; LA; MS; SC; TX; Mexico; Central America; South America; West Indies; Asia; Africa; Australia
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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 subsp. brasiliensis from North Carolina and Pennsylvania have not been verified.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 14. FNA vol. 14.
Parent taxa Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea > Ipomoea pes-caprae
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
Subordinate taxa
I. pes-caprae subsp. brasiliensis
Synonyms Convolvulus pes-caprae Convolvulus brasiliensis, I. pes-caprae var. emarginata
Name authority (Linnaeus) R. Brown: Observ. Congo, 58. (1818) (Linnaeus) Oostroom: Blumea 3: 533. (1940)
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