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|accepted_name=Ipomoea alba
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 161. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Moonflower
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Calonyction aculeatum
|authority=(Linnaeus) House
|rank=species
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|name=Convolvulus aculeatus
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Convolvulaceae;Ipomoea;Ipomoea alba
|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 alba]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 14
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|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials.</b> Stems twining, usually prickly, sometimes rooting at nodes. <b>Leaf</b> blades broadly ovate to triangular or 3–5-lobed, 50–150 × 50–150 mm, base cordate, surfaces usually glabrous, rarely hairy. <b>Peduncles</b> glabrous. <b>Flowers</b> nocturnal; sepals ovate, 7–15 mm, ± coriaceous, apex acute, outers each with midrib extending as ± corniform appendage; corolla white, throat green-banded inside, salverform, 70–150 mm. <b>Fruits</b> 20–30 mm. <b>2n</b> = 30.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Sep–May.
|habitat=Forest margins, swamps, moist sites.
|elevation=0–100 m.
|distribution=Fla.;La.;S.C.;Tex.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;introduced also in Asia.
|introduced=true
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name=Ipomoea alba
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Calonyction aculeatum;Convolvulus aculeatus
|basionyms=
|family=Convolvulaceae
|phenology=Flowering Sep–May.
|habitat=Forest margins, swamps, moist sites.
|elevation=0–100 m.
|distribution=Fla.;La.;S.C.;Tex.;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 alba
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