Ipomoea pes-caprae |
Ipomoea wrightii |
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bayhops, beach morning glory, goat's foot |
palmleaf morningglory, Wright's morning-glory |
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Habit | Annuals. | |
Stems | usually twining, sometimes trailing. |
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Leaf | blades ± pentagonal, 30–80 × 20–80 mm overall, palmatisect, lobes 5, lance-linear to lanceolate, (21–)35–50(–80) × (5–)10–15(–20) mm, apex acute, surfaces glabrous. |
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Peduncles | usually spiraled, 50–100 mm, glabrous. |
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Flowers | sepals ovate, 5–7 mm, chartaceous or coriaceous, apex obtuse to rounded, abaxial surface glabrous; corolla red, rosy, throat red-violet, funnelform, 18–30 mm. |
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Ipomoea pes-caprae |
Ipomoea wrightii |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Oct. | |
Habitat | Disturbed sites, fields, marshy sites. | |
Elevation | 0–600 m. (0–2000 ft.) | |
Distribution |
tropical regions; original distribution unknown; now world-wide in subtropical and tropical climates
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AL; AR; FL; GA; LA; MS; OK; TN; TX; Asia [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America (Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru), Africa, Australia]
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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.) |
Ipomoea wrightii may be spread as a contaminant in seeds. The names Ipomoea heptaphylla (Roxburg) Voigt and I. pulchella Roth have been misapplied to plants of I. wrightii. (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) | A. Gray in A. Gray et al.: Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 213. (1878) |
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