View source for Ipomoea triloba

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|accepted_name=Ipomoea triloba
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 161. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Littlebell
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
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|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|hierarchy=Convolvulaceae;Ipomoea;Ipomoea triloba
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Convolvulaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Ipomoea]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Ipomoea triloba]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 14
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Annuals.</b> Stems usually twining, sometimes trailing. <b>Leaf</b> blades orbiculate, broadly ovate, or 3–7-lobed, 20–80 × 20–70 mm overall, base cordate, basal lobes angular, lobed, or rounded, surfaces glabrous or sparsely pilose. <b>Peduncles</b> glabrous, distally verruculose. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals narrowly elliptic-oblong, lanceolate, or oblong, 6–7 mm, chartaceous or coriaceous, margins ciliate, apex acute or obtuse, mucronulate-caudate, surface glabrous or abaxial sparsely hairy; corolla lavender, funnelform, 10–20 mm. <b>2n</b> = 30, 60.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering year-round.
|habitat=Disturbed sites.
|elevation=-40–100 m.
|distribution=Calif.;Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;introduced also in Asia.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Ipomoea triloba seeds are sometimes a contaminant in rice and other seeds.</p><!--
--><p>Ipomoea trifida (Kunth) G. Don (Convolvulus trifidus Kunth) was incorrectly ascribed to Florida by J. K. Small (1933) on the basis of an unusual and incorrectly identified specimen of I. triloba.</p>
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name=Ipomoea triloba
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Convolvulaceae
|phenology=Flowering year-round.
|habitat=Disturbed sites.
|elevation=-40–100 m.
|distribution=Calif.;Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;introduced also in Asia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Weedy;Introduced
|source xml=
|genus=Ipomoea
|species=Ipomoea triloba
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