Ipomoea thurberi

A. Gray in A. Gray et al.

Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 212. 1878.

Common names: Thurber’s morning glory
Synonyms: Ipomoea gentryi Standley
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 14.

Perennials, root elongate, tuber­ous. Stems trailing or twining. Leaf blades ± sagittate, 10–50 × 20–65 mm overall, base sagit­tate, or blades palmatisect, lobes 5–7, lanceolate, linear, or ob­long, surfaces sparsely strigose. Peduncles glabrous. Flow­ers nocturnal; sepals lanceolate to lance-linear, 12–15 × 3–4 mm, ± herbaceous, base obscurely warty or not, apex acuminate, setaceous-caudate; corolla white, tube green, limb red, rose, drying purple, funnelform-salverform, 50–80 mm, limb 50–65 mm diam.


Phenology: Flowering Aug–Sep.
Habitat: Oak woodlands, rocky sites.
Elevation: 1100–1600 m.

Distribution

Ariz., Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora).

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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