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bayhops, beach morning glory, goat's foot, man-of-the-earth
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cardinal climber, spiderleaf
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Perennials, root tuberlike. |
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usually trailing, sometimes twining near tips. |
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blades orbiculate, palmatisect, lobes 5–9, lanceolate to linear, 10–70 × 0.5–6.5 mm, surfaces glabrous. |
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glabrous. |
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nocturnal; sepals chartaceous or coriaceous, outers oblong-lanceolate, 5–12 × 2–3 mm, muricate along midrib or ± smooth, margins scarious, apex mucronate, inners obovate-acuminate, 8–9 × 3–4 mm, smooth, margins scarious; corolla white, limb sometimes purple or pale rose-red, funnelform or salverform, 35–100 mm, limb 30–36 mm diam. |
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tropical regions; original distribution unknown; now world-wide in subtropical and tropical climates
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sw United States; sc United States; n Mexico
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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 2 (2 in the flora). The two varieties of Ipomoea tenuiloba are comparatively easy to distinguish; there are intergrades (G. Yatskievych and C. T. Mason 1984), some approaching I. plummerae. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea |
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. plummerae, I. pubescens, I. purpurea, I. quamoclit, I. rupicola, I. sagittata, I. setosa, I. shumardiana, I. sloteri, I. tenuissima, I. ternifolia, I. thurberi, I. tricolor, I. triloba, I. violacea, I. wrightii, I. ×leucantha |
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1. Leaf blade lobes 5–7, each to 1.2 mm wide; corollas usually white, limb sometimes pink to lavender, salverform, 65–100 mm; filaments: free portions 8–11 mm. | var. tenuiloba |
1. Leaf blade lobes 7–9, each to 6.5 mm wide; corollas: tube white, limb purple to red, funnelform, 35–65 mm; filaments: free portions 14–19 mm. | var. lemmonii |
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| Convolvulus pes-caprae |
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| (Linnaeus) R. Brown: Observ. Congo, 58. (1818) |
Torrey in W. H. Emory: Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 148. (1859) |
| FNA vol. 14. Treatment author: Daniel F. Austin†. |
FNA vol. 14. Treatment author: Daniel F. Austin†. |
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