• Scientific Name: Ipomoea pes-caprae (L.) R.Br.
• Ref: J.H.Tuckey, Narr. Exped. Zaire:477. 1818
• Synonyms:
  • Batatas maritima (R.Br.) Bojer
  • Convolvulus bauhiniifolius Salisb.
  • C. biglandulosus Stokes
  • C. bilobatus Roxb.
  • C. brasiliensis L.
  • C. capripes Stokes
  • C. maritimus Desr.
  • C. pes-caprae L.
  • C. retusus Colla
  • Ipomoea aegopoda St.-Lag.
  • I. biloba Forssk.
  • I. brasiliensis (L.) Sweet
  • I. brevipes Moc. & Sessé ex Choisy
  • I. maritima R.Br.
  • I. orbicularis Elliott
  • I. rotundifolia G.Don
  • Latrienda brasiliensis (L.) Raf.
  • Plesiagopus brasiliensis (L.) Raf.
  • P. cuneifolia Raf.
  • P. maritima Raf.
  • P. rotundifolia Raf.
  • P. sovana Raf.
• English Common Name: bayhops, beach morning glory, goat’s foot
• Chinese Common Name: 厚藤/鲎藤 hòuténg, 马鞍藤 mǎ’ān∙téng
• Japanese Common Name: グンバイヒルガオ [軍配昼顔] gunbaihirugao
• Family: Convolvulaceae
• Genus: Ipomoea
• Distribution: Sandy seashores, open fields near seashores; 0-100 m. Fujian, Hainan, Taiwan, Zhejiang [Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan including Ryukyu Islands, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam; Africa, SW Asia, Australia, North America, Pacific Islands, South America; pantropical littoral species]
• Photo: 06/21/2009, South China Botanical Garden, Guangdong

Herbs perennial, glabrous, with a thick tap root. Stems 5-30 m, prostrate, sometimes twining, rooting at nodes. Petiole 2-10 cm; leaf blade ovate, elliptic, circular, reniform or ± quadrate to oblong, 3.5-9 X 3-10 cm, rather thick, 2-glandular abaxially, base broadly cuneate, truncate, or shallowly cordate, margin entire, apex emarginate or deeply 2-lobed, mucronulate. Inflorescences 1- to several flowered; peduncle stout, 4-14 cm; bracts early deciduous, broadly deltate, 3-3.5 mm. Pedicel 2-2.5 cm. Sepals unequal, ± leathery, glabrous, apex obtuse, mucronulate; outer 2 ovate to elliptic, 5-8 mm, wider; inner 3 nearly circular and concave, 7-11 mm. Corolla purple or reddish purple, with a darker center, funnelform, 4-5 cm. Stamens included. Pistil included; ovary glabrous. Stigma 2-lobed. Capsule ± globular, 1.1-1.7 cm, glabrous, leathery. Seeds black, trigonous-globose, 7-8 mm, densely brownish tomentose. 2n = 30*. (Flora of China)

09/13/2014, Is. Nanji, Zhejiang

09/13/2014, Is. Nanji, Zhejiang