Annuals. Stems twining. Leaf blades ± cordate, 60–100 × 25–130 mm, base cordate, surfaces glabrous. Peduncles glabrous. Flowers: sepals lance-ovate, triangular, or oblong-triangular, (4–)6–7 mm, coriaceous, mar­gins scarious, apex acute, abax­ial surface muriculate, glabrous; corolla usually blue to deep blue, sometimes white, tube white outside, pale yellow inside, funnelform, 35–60 mm, limb 50–90 mm diam.

Phenology: Flowering Oct–Dec.
Habitat: Abandoned plantings, thickets.
Elevation: 20–1900 m.

Distribution

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Introduced; Ala., Ariz., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ky., La., Miss., Mo., N.C., Pa., S.C., Tex., Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America.

Discussion

Ipomoea tricolor is native in Mexico and has long been cultivated in North America.

The name Ipomoea violacea has been misapplied to plants of I. tricolor.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.