View source for Ipomoea lacunosa

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|accepted_name=Ipomoea lacunosa
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 161. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Whitestar
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
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|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|hierarchy=Convolvulaceae;Ipomoea;Ipomoea lacunosa
|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 lacunosa]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 14
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Annuals.</b> Stems twining. <b>Leaf</b> blades cordate-ovate, deltate-ovate, ovate, or 3(–5)-lobed, 30–80 × 20–70 mm, base ± cordate, basal lobes rounded or pointed, surfaces glabrous or sparsely hairy. <b>Peduncles</b> glabrous, sometimes muricate. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals elliptic-oblong, lanceolate, or lance-ovate, (8–)11–14 mm, chartaceous or coriaceous, margins ciliate, apex acuminate, surfaces glabrous; corolla usually white, limb sometimes pink tinged, funnelform, 15–20(–25) mm. <b>Fruits</b> 10–13 mm diam. <b>2n</b> = 30.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr–Oct.
|habitat=Disturbed sites, ditches, fields.
|elevation=0–300 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.
|discussion=<p>Plants of Ipomoea lacunosa are sometimes confused with plants of I. × leucantha, which are derived from hybridization between I. lacunosa and I. cordatotriloba (D. F. Austin and W. E. Abel 1981). Seeds of Ipomoea lacunosa are 5–6 mm and seeds of I. × leucantha are 3.2–4 mm.</p><!--
--><p>Reports of Ipomoea lacunosa for Ontario, California, and New York are apparently based on waifs.</p>
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name=Ipomoea lacunosa
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Convolvulaceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr–Oct.
|habitat=Disturbed sites, ditches, fields.
|elevation=0–300 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Weedy;Endemic
|source xml=
|genus=Ipomoea
|species=Ipomoea lacunosa
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