Ipomoea thurberi
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
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Lower Taxa
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