Annuals. Stems twining. Leaf blades cordate, ± orbiculate, ovate, or 3-lobed, 50–150 × 20–140 mm overall, base cordate, surfaces sparsely hirsute to seri­ceous. Peduncles hairy, hairs retrorse. Flowers: sepals lance-linear, 15–25(–30) mm, herbaceous, proximally narrowly ovate, densely hispid, gradually narrowed to ± straight, hispid to strigose or glabrate distal portion longer than ovate base; corolla usually blue to purplish, sometimes red or white, tube white or yellow inside, funnelform, (20–)30–60+ mm. 2n = 30.

Phenology: Flowering Jul–Dec.
Habitat: Abandoned plantings, fields, thickets.
Elevation: 10–2200 m.

Distribution

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Introduced; Ala., Ky., La., Md., Miss., N.C., Okla., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America, introduced also in Asia.

Discussion

Reports of Ipomoea nil from California are based on misidentified material of I. hederacea.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.