Annuals. Stems usually twining, sometimes trailing. Leaf blades ± pentagonal, 30–80 × 20–80 mm overall, palmatisect, lobes 5, lance-linear to lanceolate, (21–)35–50(–80) × (5–)10–15(–20) mm, apex acute, surfaces glabrous. Peduncles usually spiraled, 50–100 mm, glabrous. Flowers: sepals ovate, 5–7 mm, chartaceous or coria­ceous, apex obtuse to rounded, abaxial surface glabrous; corolla red, rosy, throat red-violet, funnelform, 18–30 mm.

Phenology: Flowering Jul–Oct.
Habitat: Disturbed sites, fields, marshy sites.
Elevation: 0–600 m.

Distribution

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Introduced; Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., Okla., Tenn., Tex., Asia, introduced also in Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America (Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru), Africa, Australia.

Discussion

Ipomoea wrightii may be spread as a contaminant in seeds.

The names Ipomoea heptaphylla (Roxburg) Voigt and I. pulchella Roth have been misapplied to plants of I. wrightii.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.