Ipomoea ternifolia

Common Name: Triple Leaf Morning Glory
Oˊodham Name: Bi:bhiag Audio
Group: Forbs － Desert, Desert Grassland

Description

Ipomoea ternifolia is a vine that rambles over grasses and other low-growing plants. The stem erupts from a thick root following the first heavy Monsoon rains. Large, 2 inch diameter flowers appear in mid August. The leaves are palmate and finely dissected into 7 lobes. It grows in coarse sandy soils at 2500 to 4500 ft elevation.

Ipomoea ternifolia flower and leaves

Ipomoea ternifolia leaves

Classification

Kingdom Plantae － Plants

Subkingdom Tracheobionta － Vascular plants

Superdivision Spermatophyta － Seed plants

Division Magnoliophyta － Flowering plants

Class Magnoliopsida － Dicotyledons

Subclass Asteridae

Order Solanales

Family Convolvulaceae － Morning-glory family

Genus Ipomoea L. － morning-glory

Species Ipomoea ternifolia Cav. － tripleleaf morning-glory

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