Ipomoea pes-caprae |
Ipomoea sloteri |
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bayhops, beach morning glory, goat's foot |
cardinal climber |
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Habit | Annuals. | |
Stems | twining. |
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Leaf | blades deltate-ovate to oblong-ovate, 10–90 × 5–45 mm overall, palmati-pinnate, base cordate to ± truncate, lobes 7–11+, lanceolate, lance-linear, or linear, proximal ones sometimes again lobed, terminal lobe broadest, surfaces glabrous. |
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Peduncles | glabrous. |
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Flowers | diurnal; sepals elliptic to oblong, 4–8 mm, ± chartaceous, apex obtuse, mucronate, surfaces glabrous; corolla red, salverform, 40–50 mm. |
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2n | = 58. |
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Ipomoea pes-caprae |
Ipomoea sloteri |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Oct. | |
Habitat | Abandoned plantings, disturbed sites. | |
Elevation | 0–300 m. (0–1000 ft.) | |
Distribution |
tropical regions; original distribution unknown; now world-wide in subtropical and tropical climates
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FL; MI; NY; TX |
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.) |
According to J. E. Eckenwalder (1986), the name Ipomoea × multifida Rafinesque (as species) refers to diploid hybrid plants resulting from crosses between I. coccinea and I. quamoclit; I. sloteri refers to allotetraploid plants derived from diploid hybrids between I. coccinea and I. quamoclit. (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) | Macfarlane ex E. T. Reichert: Publ. Carnegie Inst. Wash. 270(2): 785. (1919) |
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