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 Leaves Russ Kleinman @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) |  Plant Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) | | | | |
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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial Similar Species: Ipomoea spp.
General Desc:
Perennial herb; leaves and stems without hairs, stems erect to trailing on the ground; roots somewhat spherical or elongate, tuberous.
Identification notes: Plant tends to not be neatly arranged; stems twining; leaves in scattered clumps, blades wedge-shaped to egg-shaped, 3 to 5 or more divisions; flowers purple, broadly funnel-like, 1-1/2 inches long, stamens do not protrude.
Height:
Trailing to 20 inches
Habitat Description: Open rocky slopes. A Mexican (Coahuila, Chihuahua, Sonora) species reaching its northern limits in Arizona and New Mexico, vine occuring in sedimentary outcrops, pinyon-juniper zone, on pale rather barren bedrock outcrops.
Plant Communities:
Pinyon Juniper Woodland
Elevation: 4500 - 8500 feet
Color:
Purple
Shape:
Regular not in clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Aug - Sep
Description:
Sepals unequal; outer sepals 1/4 to 1/2 inch long, 1/16 to 1/8 inch wide, oblong to pointed, hairy at least along the midrib; inner sepals about 1/2 inch long, 1/8 to 1/4 inch wide, broadly oval, tapering to a point, hairy to smooth on the midrib.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Compound
Leaf Shape:
Palmate
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
No
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Leaf heart-shaped, 1 to 3 inches long, smooth, palmately divided to rarely flatted oval, tip fringed with teeth, lobes pointed; petioles 1/16 to 1/4 inch long.
Fruit Color: Brown
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Spherical, 1/4 inch wide, with short flexible point to 1/4 inch long.
Seed Notes: Oval, black to dark brown, finely hairy, 1/6 inch long.
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