Ipomoea sagittata |
Ipomoea cristulata |
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saltmarsh morning-glory |
star-glory, trans-Pecos morning-glory |
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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 (3–)5–7-lobed, middle lobe narrowly ± rhombic, sometimes proximal blades cordate to ovate, not lobed, 15–100 × 10–70 mm, base cordate to ± truncate, basal lobes rounded to pointed, margins ± dentate, surfaces glabrous or abaxial 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 to membranous, outers oblong, 3–3.5 mm, apex obtuse, rounded, or ± truncate, each with ± terminal corniform appendage 3–5 mm, glabrous, inners oblong, 4–5.7 mm, apex obtuse to truncate, each with ± terminal corniform appendage 2.5–3.5 mm; corolla red or red-orange, salverform, 18–26 mm, limb 10–15 mm diam. 2n = 30. |
Ipomoea sagittata |
Ipomoea cristulata |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Oct. | Flowering May–Nov. |
Habitat | Beaches, brackish or freshwater marshes, swamps. | Chaparral, grasslands, oak woodlands, ponderosa pine zones. |
Elevation | 0–400 m. (0–1300 ft.) | 700–2800 m. (2300–9200 ft.) |
Distribution |
AL; FL; GA; LA; MS; NC; SC; TX; Mexico; West Indies [Introduced in Eurasia, nw Africa]
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AZ; IA; KS; NM; TX; Mexico
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Discussion | Reports of Ipomoea cristulata from Iowa and Kansas may be based on cultivated plants; the report for Minnesota probably resulted from typographic error: MN for NM; the report for South Carolina was based on a specimen of I. coccinea. (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 | ||
Synonyms | Quamoclit gracilis | |
Name authority | Poiret: Voy. Barbarie 2: 122. (1789) — (as Ipomea) | Hallier f.: Meded. Rijks-Herb. 46: 20. (1922) |
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