Ipomoea stolonifera (Cirillo) J.F.Gmel.
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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 - Stem slender, buried in sand, sending up branches which rise 0.5-2 dm. above the surface, glabrous and fleshy. Leaves ovate to ovate-oblong, or broader, long-petioled, fleshy, glabrous, 3-7 cm. long, entire or variously lobed, narrowed at the base or the later ones rounded or cordate; flowers few or solitary; peduncles mostly shorter than the leaves; sepals oval or oblong, 10-15 mm. long, mucronate; corolla white, funnelform-campanulate, 45 cm. long; capsules globose, 1-1.5 cm. long; seeds smooth.
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Discussion
Creeping in littoral sands, North Bimini, Eleuthera, Great Guana Cay. Watling's Island, Mariguana, Delectable Cay: South Carolina to Florida, Texas, Mexico and South America: Cuba to Culebra and Martinique; Jamaica (according to Grisebach). Old World tropics. Beach Morning-glory.
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Distribution
North Bimini, Eleuthera, Great Guana Cay. Watling's Island, Mariguana, Delectable Cay: South Carolina to Florida, Texas, Mexico and South America: Cuba to Culebra and Martinique; Jamaica (according to Grisebach). Old World tropics.
Bimini Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America| North Carolina United States of America North America| Florida United States of America North America| Texas United States of America North America| México Mexico North America| South America| Cuba South America| Culebra Puerto Rico South America| Martinique South America| Jamaica South America|