FNA: Ipomoea pes-caprae vs. Ipomoea wrightii

	Ipomoea pes-caprae	Ipomoea wrightii
	bayhops, beach morning glory, goat's foot, man-of-the-earth	beach moonflower, palmleaf morningglory, Wright's morning-glory
Habit		Annuals.
Stems		usually twining, sometimes trailing.
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.
Peduncles		usually spiraled, 50–100 mm, glabrous.
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.

	Ipomoea pes-caprae	Ipomoea wrightii
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 [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]	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] [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
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.)
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. tenuissima, I. ternifolia, I. thurberi, I. tricolor, I. triloba, I. violacea, I. ×leucantha
Subordinate taxa	I. pes-caprae subsp. brasiliensis
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)
Source	FNA vol. 14. Treatment author: Daniel F. Austin†.	FNA vol. 14. Treatment author: Daniel F. Austin†.
Web links	Local Web sites: LA Plants WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search	Local Web sites: LA Plants WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Ipomoea wrightii

bayhops, beach morning glory, goat's foot, man-of-the-earth

beach moonflower, palmleaf morningglory, Wright's morning-glory

Habit

Annuals.

Stems

usually twining, sometimes trailing.

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.

Peduncles

usually spiraled, 50–100 mm, glabrous.

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.

Ipomoea wrightii

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

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]

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]

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]

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.)

Parent taxa

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. tenuissima, I. ternifolia, I. thurberi, I. tricolor, I. triloba, I. violacea, I. ×leucantha

Subordinate taxa

I. pes-caprae subsp. brasiliensis

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)

Source

FNA vol. 14. Treatment author: Daniel F. Austin†.

Web links

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