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

Huachuca morningglory, Huachuca Mountain morning-glory, Plummer's morning glory

Stems

usually ± trailing, sometimes ascending, erect, or twining near tips.

Leaf

blades of 2 forms;

one form ± orbiculate, palmatisect, lobes (3–)5(–7+), linear to spatulate, 3–30(–50) × (0.5–)1–2.5 mm, base ± truncate; the other form ± cuneate-obovate, proximally cuneate, distally ± incised, 3–5(–7+)-toothed;

surfaces glabrous.

Peduncles

glabrous.

Flowers

sepals oblong to ovate, outers 5–8 × 2–3 mm, abaxial surface ± muricate or smooth, apex acute to obtuse, mucronate, inners broadly ovate, 7–9(–10) × 3–4 mm, apex acuminate to acute, surfaces glabrous, chartaceous to coriaceous;

corolla purple to lavender, funnelform, 25–31 mm, limb 18–22 mm diam.

Vperennials

, root globose, tuberlike.

Ipomoea pes-caprae

Ipomoea plummerae

Distribution
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tropical regions; original distribution unknown; now world-wide in subtropical and tropical climates
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sw United States; Mexico; South America
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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.)

Varieties 3 (2 in the flora).

Variety cupulata J. A. McDonald is known in Mexico from Chihuahua, Guerrero, Jalisco, and Sinaloa.

(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. nil, I. pandurata, I. pes-caprae, 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
I. plummerae var. cuneifolia, I. plummerae var. plummerae
Key
1. Leaf blades ± orbiculate, palmatisect, lobes (3–)5(–7+).
var. plummerae
1. Leaf blades ± cuneate-obovate, proximally cune­ate, distally ± incised, 3–5(–7+)-toothed.
var. cuneifolia
Synonyms Convolvulus pes-caprae
Name authority (Linnaeus) R. Brown: Observ. Congo, 58. (1818) A. Gray in A. Gray et al.: Syn. Fl. N. Amer. ed. 2, 2(1): 434. (1886)
Source FNA vol. 14. Treatment author: Daniel F. Austin†. FNA vol. 14. Treatment author: Daniel F. Austin†.
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