Ipomoea sagittata |
Ipomoea coccinea |
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saltmarsh morning-glory |
Mexican morningglory, red morning-glory, redstar, scarlet morningglory, starglory, woolly tidestromia |
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Habit | Perennials. | Annuals. |
Stems | twining. |
twining. |
Leaf | blades ± triangular, 40–100 × 20–60 mm overall, base hastate to sagittate, basal lobes lanceolate, linear, or narrowly triangular, 15–60(–100) × 3–8(–15) mm, surfaces glabrous. |
blades usually cordate, sometimes ovate, sagittate, or triangular, 20–140 mm, base ± cordate, lobes rounded or 1–2-pointed, surfaces glabrous or proximally pilose. |
Peduncles | glabrous. |
glabrous. |
Flowers | sepals elliptic, oblong, or ovate, 8–9 mm, coriaceous, apex obtuse to rounded, mucronate, surfaces glabrous; corolla lavender, purple, or red-purple, funnelform, 60–90 mm, limb 60–80 mm diam. |
diurnal; sepals chartaceous, outers oblong to elliptic, 3–3.5 mm, apex obtuse to truncate, each with ± terminal corniform appendage 2.5–6 mm, inners oblong, 4.5–5.7 mm, chartaceous, apex obtuse to truncate, each with ± terminal, corniform appendage 2–5.5 mm; corolla usually red or red and yellow, sometimes white (in cultivars), salverform, 20–25 mm. |
2n | = 28. |
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Ipomoea sagittata |
Ipomoea coccinea |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Oct. | Flowering Jul–Dec. |
Habitat | Beaches, brackish or freshwater marshes, swamps. | Abandoned plantings, disturbed sites. |
Elevation | 0–400 m. (0–1300 ft.) | 0–300 m. (0–1000 ft.) |
Distribution |
AL; FL; GA; LA; MS; NC; SC; TX; Mexico; West Indies [Introduced in Eurasia, nw Africa]
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AL; AR; DC; DE; FL; GA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MD; MO; MS; NC; NJ; OH; OK; PA; SC; TN; TX; VA; WV
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Discussion | Ipomoea coccinea differs from I. hederifolia by reflexed pedicels (erect in I. hederifolia) and larger inner sepals (4.5–5.7 mm) than I. hederifolia (to 3–4 mm). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 14. | FNA vol. 14. |
Parent taxa | Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea | Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | Poiret: Voy. Barbarie 2: 122. (1789) — (as Ipomea) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 160. (1753) |
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