Canyon Morning Glory
Ipomoea barbatisepala
Photographed along Camp Creek, Maricopa Co., Arizona. Sept. 13, 2008. A larger image of Canyon Morning-glory has been uploaded to Wikimedia.
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VINE: Annual vine growing during hot summer months in response to
monsoon rains. Stems twining up and through shrubs and small trees reaching
several meters in length.
FLOWERS: Blue to pink funnel-form. Bright white in throat. Stiff hairs
with enlarged bases on the flower
sepals.
LEAVES: Leaves are variable but typically have five deep, narrow lobes.
RANGE: Mostly in foothill canyons of eastern Pima County, Arizona and
ranging southeastward into the lower canyons of the Sky Islands and into
mountains of the Chihuahuan Desert. This plant is apparently rare in Maricopa
County where the specimen at left was observed.
FRUIT: Dry spherical capsules containing usually four seeds. The sepals
with long stiff hairs remain attached below.
UNARMED. No thorns.