Flora of North America species comparison

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Ipomoea sagittata

Ipomoea pubescens

saltmarsh morning-glory

silky morning-glory
Habit Perennials. Perennials, root oblong, relatively large.
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 cordate, ovate, or 3–5-lobed, 20–80 × 20–90 mm, base cordate, lobes elliptic to ovate, surfaces ± hirsute or coarsely sericeous.
Peduncles

glabrous.

hairy, hairs retrorse or spreading.
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 lance-ovate to ovate, 9–21 × 2–11 mm, herbaceous, abaxial surface ± hispid or coarsely sericeous;

corolla blue to violet, funnelform, 55–80 mm, limb 60–70 mm diam.

Ipomoea sagittata

Ipomoea pubescens
Phenology Flowering Apr–Oct. Flowering Aug–Sep.
Habitat Beaches, brackish or freshwater marshes, swamps. Rocky sites, stream beds, oak woodlands.
Elevation 0–400 m. (0–1300 ft.) 100–1600 m. (300–5200 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; FL; GA; LA; MS; NC; SC; TX; Mexico; West Indies [Introduced in Eurasia, nw Africa]
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from FNA
AZ; NM; TX; Mexico; South America
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Source FNA vol. 14. FNA vol. 14.
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. pes-caprae, I. plummerae, I. pubescens, I. purpurea, I. quamoclit, I. rupicola, 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. 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
Name authority Poiret: Voy. Barbarie 2: 122. (1789) — (as Ipomea) Lamarck in J. Lamarck and J. Poiret: Tabl. Encycl. 1: 465. (1793) — (as Ipomaea)
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