Ipomoea aquatica
Fl. Aegypt.-Arab., 44. 1775.
Perennials. Stems usually repent, rooting at nodes, sometimes floating, rarely twining. Leaf blades ± hastate to lanceolate, 40–120 × 20–60 mm, base ± cordate or hastate to truncate, terminal lobe broadly to narrowly triangular or lanceolate, surfaces glabrescent. Peduncles glabrous. Flowers: sepals elliptic-ovate to oblong-ovate, 6–8 mm, chartaceous or coriaceous, apex acute or obtuse, mucronulate; corolla usually purple, rarely white, funnelform, 40–50 mm. 2n = 30.
Phenology: Flowering year-round.
Habitat: Abandoned plantings, wet sites.
Elevation: 0–100 m.
Distribution
Introduced; Calif., Fla., Mexico, Central America, South America, Asia, Africa, Australia.
Discussion
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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