Ipomoea pes-caprae |
Ipomoea rupicola |
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bayhops, beach morning glory, goat's foot |
cliff morning-glory |
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Habit | Perennials, rhizomatous. | |
Stems | trailing or twining. |
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Leaf | blades usually cordate-ovate to oblong-ovate, sometimes pandurate, 30–90 × 20–70 mm, base cordate-hastate, margins sometimes indented, rarely lobed or toothed, surfaces tomentulose, glabrescent. |
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Peduncles | hairy, tomentulose, hairs ± appressed. |
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Flowers | sepals elliptic-oblong to oblong-ovate, 12–14 mm, coriaceous, apex obtuse, rounded, or subacute; corolla lavender-pink or purple, throat darker inside, funnelform, 70–90 mm. |
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Seeds | hairy. |
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Ipomoea pes-caprae |
Ipomoea rupicola |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Oct. | |
Habitat | Rocky, open sites. | |
Elevation | 20–1800 m. (100–5900 ft.) | |
Distribution |
tropical regions; original distribution unknown; now world-wide in subtropical and tropical climates
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TX; Mexico (Tamaulipas) |
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 | |
Name authority | (Linnaeus) R. Brown: Observ. Congo, 58. (1818) | House: Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 18: 230. (1908) |
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