Ipomoea pes-caprae |
Ipomoea violacea |
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bayhops, beach morning glory, goat's foot |
beach moonflower |
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Habit | Perennials or lianas. | |
Stems | twining, not setose. |
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Leaf | blades usually cordate, orbiculate, or ovate, sometimes 3-lobed, 50–160 × 40–150 mm overall, base cordate, surfaces glabrous. |
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Peduncles | hairy, hairs retrorse to spreading. |
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Flowers | nocturnal; sepals orbiculate or ovate, 15–25 mm, herbaceous, apex emarginate, obtuse, or truncate, abaxial surfaces glabrous or proximally sparsely hirsute; corolla white, limb with yellowish lines, salverform, 50–120 mm. |
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2n | = 30. |
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Ipomoea pes-caprae |
Ipomoea violacea |
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Phenology | Flowering year-round. | |
Habitat | Dunes, littoral, mangrove sites. | |
Elevation | 0–50 m. (0–200 ft.) | |
Distribution |
tropical regions; original distribution unknown; now world-wide in subtropical and tropical climates
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FL; TX; Mexico; Central America; South America; West Indies [Introduced in Asia, Australia] |
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.) |
The name Ipomoea violacea has been misapplied to plants of I. tricolor. (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 | Calonyction tuba, I. tuba |
Name authority | (Linnaeus) R. Brown: Observ. Congo, 58. (1818) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 161. (1753) |
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