Ipomoea sagittata |
Ipomoea lindheimeri |
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saltmarsh morning-glory |
blue morningglory, Lindheimer's morning-glory |
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Habit | Perennials. | Perennials. |
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 broadly ovate to reniform, 50–60 × 50–80 mm overall, usually 3–5(–7)-lobed, lobes ± lanceolate, base cordate, surfaces ± hirsute or sericeous. |
Peduncles | glabrous. |
hairy, hairs retrorse, shaggy. |
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. |
sepals lanceolate to lance-ovate, 18–30 × 3–5(–9) mm, herbaceous, base ± dilated, abaxial surface ± hispid; corolla blue to violet, funnelform, 55–90 mm, limb 60–70 mm diam. |
Ipomoea sagittata |
Ipomoea lindheimeri |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Oct. | Flowering Apr–Nov. |
Habitat | Beaches, brackish or freshwater marshes, swamps. | Oak woodlands, rocky sites, stream bottoms. |
Elevation | 0–400 m. (0–1300 ft.) | 200–2300 m. (700–7500 ft.) |
Distribution |
AL; FL; GA; LA; MS; NC; SC; TX; Mexico; West Indies [Introduced in Eurasia, nw Africa]
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NM; TX; Mexico
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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) | A. Gray in A. Gray et al.: Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 210. (1878) |
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