Flora of North America species comparison

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Ipomoea pes-caprae

Ipomoea tenuissima

bayhops, beach morning glory, goat's foot

rockland morning-glory
Habit Annuals.
Stems

twining.
Leaf

blades usually narrowly hastate or sagittate, sometimes ovate, 15–30 × 7–20 mm, base cordate, hastate, or sagittate, lobes usually pointed, sometimes rounded, surfaces usually ± hairy, adaxial sometimes glabrate.
Peduncles

hairy, hairs appressed.
Flowers

sepals lance-oblong, lanceolate, or lance-ovate, 5–8 mm, chartaceous or coriaceous, margins ciliate, apex acuminate, mucronate;

corolla lavender, pink, or pink-purple, throat darker inside, funnelform, 30–45 mm.

Ipomoea pes-caprae

Ipomoea tenuissima
Phenology Flowering Aug–Sep.
Habitat Pine flatwoods.
Elevation 0–30 m. (0–100 ft.)
Distribution
from USDA
tropical regions; original distribution unknown; now world-wide in subtropical and tropical climates
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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.)

After fires, Ipomoea tenuissima seeds germinate and seedlings thrive for about a year. The plants then disappear except in sites that remain open.

(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
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. tenuiloba, I. ternifolia, I. thurberi, I. tricolor, I. triloba, I. violacea, I. wrightii, I. ×leucantha
Subordinate taxa
I. pes-caprae subsp. brasiliensis
Synonyms Convolvulus pes-caprae
Name authority (Linnaeus) R. Brown: Observ. Congo, 58. (1818) Choisy in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle: Prodr. 9: 376. (1845)
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