Ipomea pes-caprae
Family: Convolvulaceae
Plant Description: Perennial vine with thick tailing or slightly twining stems to 10 m or longer, rooting at the nodes. Leaves 6-10 cm long, about as broad, thick and leathery. Corolla 5-6 cm long, rose-purple, tubular. Our subspecies is brasiliensis.
Plant Trivia:
Field Identification: Common long vine on beach, foredunes and dunes. Leaves folded, Roots at nodes.
Occurrence: Gulf Beaches
Bloom Period: May – September
Plant Use:
Key to Ipomoea species is found in Plants of the Texas Coastal Bend by Roy L. Leyman, Ruth O’Brien and Tammy White.
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