Morning Glories of Monteverde, Costa Rica

Convolvulaceae: Pink Flowers



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Throat dark magenta, calyx lobes long, glabrous, 4-6 cm across
Ipomoea batatas
Only 3 cm across, calyx lobes long, hairy
Ipomoea trifida

Soft spines on calyx, largest flower
Ipomoea setosa

Corolla tube white with gray at base, calyx lobes pointed
Ipomoea batatoides

Throat purple, calyx lobes short and ridged, peduncle winged
I. umbraticola

Ipomoea batatas

Calyx lobes and stem glabrous, corolla 4-5 cm in diameter, 4-5 cm long, Pacific slope at 900-1450 m, common above 1200 m, occasional on Atlantic slope.

Ipomoea batatoides

Throat white with gray at base inside, calyx lobes without an apical tooth, peduncle not ridged or winged, flowering in January to February, uncommon, Pacific slope at 700-1100 m, also on Atlantic slope.

Ipomoea setosa

Calyx with many 1 cm soft spines, uncommon, Pacific slope at 300-700 m.

Ipomoea trifida

Calyx lobes and stem with long hairs, corolla 3 cm in diameter, 2.5 cm long, limb white or pale pink with 5 distinct lobes, common below 700 m, abundant, Pacific slope at 0-700 m.

Ipomoea umbraticola

Throat magenta, calyx lobes short with a small tooth at apex, peduncle ridged or winged, flowering in November to December, common, Pacific slope at 400-1000 m.


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Images and text copyright © 2001 by William A. Haber, http://efg.cs.umb.edu/
Created: 7 March 2001; updated: 26 November 2006.