Ipomoea cathartica Poir.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Convolvulaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Perennial, minutely strigillose or glabrate. Stems more or less twining, branching. Leaves broadly ovate, 5-9 cm. long, entire or 3-lobed, acuminate, cordate; peduncles shorter than the subtending petioles; sepals glabrate, linear-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 1-2 cm. long, acuminate; corolla pink purple or crimson, the limb 6-8 cm. broad, undulate; capsules spheroidal, about 1 cm. broad; seeds glabrous, about 3 mm. in diameter.
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Distribution
Scrub-lands, Abaco, Great Bahama, Biminis, Andros, New Providence, Eleuthera, Long Island, Crooked Island and Anguilla Isles : Bermuda ; Florida ; throughout the West Indies and continental tropical America. The record of J. purpurea Lam., by Dolley, for the Bahamas, probably refers to this species, which was enteredin Mrs. Northrop's List, in part, as /. jamaicensis Don. Referred by Mrs. Northropto I. commutata R. & S., and also so referred by Hitchcock. Purple Morning-glory.
Great Abaco Bahamas South America| Grand Bahama Bahamas South America| Bimini Bahamas South America| Andros Island Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Long Island Bahamas South America| Crooked Island Bahamas South America| Anguilla South America| Bermuda South America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies|