Herbs or weak vines, rarely perennial, often delicate, 0.4–1.2 m. Herbage hairy, hairs of 2 types: 1) stellate and 3-armed, 2) simple, stalked-glandular, the latter sometimes absent. Stems slender, erect, prostrate, or scandent. Leaf blades broadly to narrowly ovate, 10–55 × 5–35 mm, base cordate to truncate, apex acuminate. Inflorescences lax, 1–6-flowered; bracts linear, incon­spicuous. Flowers: sepals subequal or outers longer than inners, lanceolate to lance-ovate, 3–5 mm; corolla blue, narrowly funnelform to subrotate, 6–12 mm, limb 5-angled. Capsules subglobose, 4–5 mm. Seeds 2–3 mm, outer 2 margins narrowly winged.

Phenology: Flowering Sep–Mar.
Habitat: Canyons.
Elevation: 1000–1300 m.

Distribution

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Ariz., Mexico (Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora), Central America, South America.

Discussion

Jacquemontia agrestis reaches its northern limit of distribution in Pima County, Arizona.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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