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Railroad Vine

Ipomoea pes-caprae

Habitat:

Pantropic, native to Florida on beaches and dunes

Notes:

A.K.A. Beach Morning Glory. Here are some close ups of the flowers that I mentioned in this other spotting where you can see how the plant grows on the more pristine beaches and dunes of South Florida. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/533...

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2 Comments

LivanEscudero
LivanEscudero 9 years ago

Yes Maria, this pictures were taken at around 10 AM. According to what I read, the flowers open late in the evening and are at their peek early in the morning with most folding by mid afternoon.

Maria dB
Maria dB 9 years ago

They are beautiful; do they mainly bloom in the morning like morning glories?

LivanEscudero
Spotted by
LivanEscudero

Florida, USA

Spotted on Jul 29, 2014
Submitted on Jul 29, 2014

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