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Beach Morning Glory or Railroad Vine or Goat's Foot Morning Glory

Ipomoea pes-caprae

Description:

This plant grows in the sand at the beach.

Habitat:

Sand on the beach.

3 Species ID Suggestions

Beach Morning Glory (Sea Bindweed)
Calystegia soldanella Calystegia soldanella
annorion
annorion 11 years ago
Beach Morning Glory or Railroad Vine
Ipomoea pes-caprae Ipomoea pes-caprae
Ron Kushner
Ron Kushner 10 years ago
Goat's Foot Morning Glory
Ipomoea pes-caprae


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4 Comments

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Thank you Ron for the ID confirmation.

Ron Kushner
Ron Kushner 10 years ago

I agree with Ipomoea pes-caprae but I prefer the Goat's Foot as the common name as it is more specific and distinctive.

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Thank you Despina Tsafetopoulou & annorion for the ID and the link.

annorion
annorion 11 years ago

the leaves of Calystegia soldanella are more round than those of Ipomoea pes-caprae

LuisStevens
Spotted by
LuisStevens

Nayarit, Mexico

Spotted on Jan 2, 2013
Submitted on Jan 17, 2013

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