Ipomoea pes-caprae |
Ipomoea quamoclit |
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bayhops, beach morning glory, goat's foot |
cypress vine, cypress-vine morning-glory |
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Habit | Annuals. | |
Stems | twining. |
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Leaf | blades ± elliptic to oblong, 10–90 × 5–45 mm overall, pinnatisect, base ± truncate, lobes 19–41+, filiform to linear, surfaces glabrous. |
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Peduncles | glabrous. |
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Flowers | diurnal; sepals elliptic to oblong, 4–8 mm, chartaceous to coriaceous, apex mucronate, surfaces glabrous; corolla usually red, sometimes white (in cultivars), salverform, 20–30 mm. |
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2n | = 30. |
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Ipomoea pes-caprae |
Ipomoea quamoclit |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Oct. | |
Habitat | Abandoned plantings, forest edges, thickets. | |
Elevation | 0–1500 m. (0–4900 ft.) | |
Distribution |
tropical regions; original distribution unknown; now world-wide in subtropical and tropical climates
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AL; AR; DC; FL; GA; IL; IN; KS; LA; MD; MO; MS; NC; NY; OK; PA; SC; TN; TX; VA; ON; Mexico; Central America; South America; West Indies; Eurasia; Africa
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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 for Ipomoea quamoclit from Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and Virginia may be from horticultural plantings. A report from California is from a casual garden weed; it is not naturalized there. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 159. (1753) |
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