Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Solanales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Convolvulaceae
Genus
Ipomoea L.
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Ipomoea pes-caprae (L.) Sweet
Vernacular Name(s):
Beach morning glory; Railroad vine
 Description

Deeply tap-rooted glabrous perennial. Stems prostrate, trailing, to c. 10–(20) m long, rooting at nodes, terete. Petiole to c. 11 cm long, usually erect. Lamina 4–12–(17) × 3.5–12–(15) cm, broad-oblong to suborbicular, entire, thick; base cuneate to truncate; apex emarginate or shallowly 2-lobed. Infl. 1-several-flowered; peduncles 3- c. 15 cm long; pedicels 1–3 cm long. Sepals 8–12 mm long, unequal, ovate, obtuse. Corolla 3–5 × (4)–4.5–5–(5.5) cm, funnelform, pink with an irregular rose band inside around the base of the limb. Stamens included. Capsule c. 2 cm long, globose-ovoid. Seeds 2–4, brownish tomentose.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
Number of subspecific taxa in New Zealand within Ipomoea pes-caprae (L.) Sweet
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Non-endemic)1
Total1
 Phenology

Flowering: Oct.–Apr.

 Bibliography