*Ipomoea tricolor Cavanilles. Common name: Heavenly Blue Morning-glory. Phenology: (Jul-) Oct-Dec. Habitat: Persistent or slightly escaped from horticultural use. Distribution: Native of tropical America (Mexico to South America and West Indies). Reported for several locations in se. PA (Rhoads & Klein 1993).
Origin/Endemic status: Neotropics
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA14, K4, Meso4.2, NE, Tx, WI, Wood et al (2020b); = n/a — C, Il, Pa. Basionym: Ipomoea tricolor Cav. 1794 [1795]
Links to other floras: = Ipomoea tricolor - FNA14
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