30. Ipomoea wrightii A. Gray in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 213. 1878.
[I W]
Wright’s morning glory
Annuals. Stems usually twining, sometimes trailing. Leaf blades ± pentagonal, 30–80 × 20–80 mm overall, palmatisect, lobes 5, lance-linear to lanceolate, (21–)35–50(–80) × (5–)10–15(–20) mm, apex acute, surfaces glabrous. Peduncles usually spiraled, 50–100 mm, glabrous. Flowers: sepals ovate, 5–7 mm, chartaceous or coriaceous, apex obtuse to rounded, abaxial surface glabrous; corolla red, rosy, throat red-violet, funnelform, 18–30 mm.
Flowering Jul–Oct. Disturbed sites, fields, marshy sites; 0–600 m; introduced; Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., Okla., Tenn., Tex.; Asia; introduced also in Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America (Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru), Africa, Australia.
Ipomoea wrightii may be spread as a contaminant in seeds.
The names Ipomoea heptaphylla (Roxburg) Voigt and I. pulchella Roth have been misapplied to plants of I. wrightii.
