Ipomoea leptophylla

"Bush Morning Glory" redirects here. This can also refer to Ipomoea carnea.
Ipomoea leptophylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Convolvulaceae
Genus: Ipomoea
Species: I. leptophylla
Binomial name
Ipomoea leptophylla
Torr.

Ipomoea leptophylla, the bush morning glory, bush moonflower or manroot, is a flowering plant species in the bindweed family, Convolvulaceae.


The Latin specific epithet leptophylla refers to leptophyllus -a -um fine- or slender-leaved.[1]

It belongs to the morning glory genus Ipomoea and is native to the warm temperate regions of western North America.

References

  1. D. Gledhill The Names of Plants, p. 245, at Google Books

Media related to Ipomoea leptophylla at Wikimedia Commons


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/12/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.