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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ipomoea brasiliensis   FAMILY Convolvulaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ipomoea pes-caprae ssp. brasiliensis   FAMILY Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas (Correll & Johnston, 1970)

Ipomoea pes-caprae var. emarginata

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Ipomoea pes-caprae

 

COMMON NAME:
Railroad Vine, Bay Hops, Bay Winders, Goat's-foot


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image of Ipomoea brasiliensis, Railroad Vine, Bay Hops, Bay Winders, Goat's-foot

Keith Bradley    kab_ipescaprae_brasili_29

April    Monroe County    FL

Bahia Honda State Park

Corolla lavender, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Ipomoea brasiliensis, Railroad Vine, Bay Hops, Bay Winders, Goat's-foot

Keith Bradley    kab_ipescaprae_brasili_48

April    Monroe County    FL

Bahia Honda State Park

image of Ipomoea brasiliensis, Railroad Vine, Bay Hops, Bay Winders, Goat's-foot

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmipescapre_1

November        

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Patrick D. McMillan    pdmipescapre_2

November        

Stems trailing, rooting at nodes; larger leaves not lobed but notched at apex, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Ipomoea brasiliensis, Railroad Vine, Bay Hops, Bay Winders, Goat's-foot

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmipescapre_bestfolfru

November        

Leaf blades unlobed but summit notched, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

image of Ipomoea brasiliensis, Railroad Vine, Bay Hops, Bay Winders, Goat's-foot

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmipescapre_flwr1

November        

image of Ipomoea brasiliensis, Railroad Vine, Bay Hops, Bay Winders, Goat's-foot

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmipescapre_flwr2

November        

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Patrick D. McMillan    pdmipescapre_flwrolymp

Month Unknown        

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Patrick D. McMillan    pdmipescapre_olymp

Month Unknown        

We have seen stems as long as 31m trailing across dunes, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ipomoea brasiliensis   FAMILY Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ipomoea pes-caprae ssp. brasiliensis   FAMILY Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas (Correll & Johnston, 1970)
Ipomoea pes-caprae var. emarginata

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ipomoea pes-caprae

 

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2527

Herbaceous vine
Perennial

Habitat: Ocean beaches, dunes, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon (rare in Carolinas)

map
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has milky sap (latex)

LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Lavender/Pink
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5 unequal sepals
5-lobed funnelform corolla
5 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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