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Convolvulaceae
Ipomoea

not marked as a favorite taxon Ipomoea imperati (Vahl) Grisebach. Common name: Beach Morning-glory. Phenology: Aug-Oct (-Jul). Habitat: Beaches, dune blowouts, fore-dunes. Distribution: Se. NC south to s. FL, west to TX; south through Mexico, Central America to South America; West Indies; Old World tropics.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl6, FNA14, K4, Meso4.2, Mex, WH3, Austin & Huáman (1996), Wood et al (2020b); = Convolvulus imperati Vahl = Ipomoea stolonifera (Cirillo) J.F.Gmel. — Bah, GW2, RAB, S, Tx, Austin (1984). Basionym: Convolvulus imperati Vahl 1790

Links to other floras: = Ipomoea imperati - FNA14

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
  • Great Plains: FAC

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Prostrate, herbaceous perennial vine found on beaches, dune blowouts and fore-dunes.

Stems: Stems trailing, rooting at nodes, smooth.

Leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate, oblong, to 2 in. long, sometimes lobed, leathery and smooth.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers solitary on stalks from leaf axils, white with yellow throat, to 2 in. long, tubular-funnel-shaped and consisting of 5 united petals (there is a suggestion of separate petal lobes at the rim); 5 elliptic-oval sepals with toothed tips surround the base of the flower, and 5 stamens and a style are visible in the corolla throat.

Fruits: Fruit a nearly round capsule.

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Height: to 6 in. (to 75 ft. long)

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description: Prostrate, herbaceous perennial vine found on beaches, dune blowouts and fore-dunes.

stems: Stems trailing, rooting at nodes, smooth.

leaves: Leaves alternate, petiolate, oblong, to 2 in. long, sometimes lobed, leathery and smooth.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers solitary on stalks from leaf axils, white with yellow throat, to 2 in. long, tubular-funnel-shaped and consisting of 5 united petals (there is a suggestion of separate petal lobes at the rim); 5 elliptic-oval sepals with toothed tips surround the base of the flower, and 5 stamens and a style are visible in the corolla throat.

fruits: Fruit a nearly round capsule.

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