Ipomoea meyeri G.Don

Meyer's morning-glory (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea

Characteristics

Vines; stems small, slender and herbaceous, glabrous to somewhat pubescent. Leaves broadly ovate, 4-10 cm long, entire or hastate-trilobate, basally cordate, apically acute to acuminate, glabrate. Flowers in few-to several-flowered cymose clusters on peduncles about as long as the petiole; sepals long-lanceolate, 10-20 mm long, apically linear-lanceolate, pilose to hirsute with spreading trichomes; corolla blue to purplish with a white throat, 2-3 cm long. Fruits capsular, globose, 8 mm in diameter; seeds densely pubescent with short trichomes.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Ipomoea meyeri world distribution map, present in Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:269316-1
WFO ID wfo-0001297251
COL ID 3PWHY
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Synonyms

Ipomoea iodantha Ipomoea chiapensis Ipomoea meyeri Convolvulus meyeri Ipomoea brachypoda Ipomoea iostemma Convolvulus cuspidatus