Ipomoea pes-caprae |
Ipomoea sagittata |
|
---|---|---|
bayhops, beach morning glory, goat's foot |
saltmarsh morning-glory |
|
Habit | Perennials. | |
Stems | twining. |
|
Leaf | blades ± triangular, 40–100 × 20–60 mm overall, base hastate to sagittate, basal lobes lanceolate, linear, or narrowly triangular, 15–60(–100) × 3–8(–15) mm, surfaces glabrous. |
|
Peduncles | glabrous. |
|
Flowers | sepals elliptic, oblong, or ovate, 8–9 mm, coriaceous, apex obtuse to rounded, mucronate, surfaces glabrous; corolla lavender, purple, or red-purple, funnelform, 60–90 mm, limb 60–80 mm diam. |
|
Ipomoea pes-caprae |
Ipomoea sagittata |
|
Phenology | Flowering Apr–Oct. | |
Habitat | Beaches, brackish or freshwater marshes, swamps. | |
Elevation | 0–400 m. (0–1300 ft.) | |
Distribution |
tropical regions; original distribution unknown; now world-wide in subtropical and tropical climates
|
AL; FL; GA; LA; MS; NC; SC; TX; Mexico; West Indies [Introduced in Eurasia, nw Africa]
|
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.) |
|
Source | FNA vol. 14. | FNA vol. 14. |
Parent taxa | Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea | Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea |
Sibling taxa | ||
Subordinate taxa | ||
Synonyms | Convolvulus pes-caprae | |
Name authority | (Linnaeus) R. Brown: Observ. Congo, 58. (1818) | Poiret: Voy. Barbarie 2: 122. (1789) — (as Ipomea) |
Web links |