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Beach Morning Glory
Beach morning glory is a common name for several plants and may refer to: *''Calystegia soldanella'', with white or pale-pink flowers *''Ipomoea imperati'', with white flowers *''Ipomoea pes-caprae'', with pink or purple flowers {{Plant common name ...
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Calystegia Soldanella
The morning glory ''Calystegia soldanella'' (syn. ''Convolvulus soldanella'') is a species of bindweed known by various common names such as sea bindweed, seashore false bindweed, shore bindweed, shore convolvulus and beach morning glory. Description It is a perennial vine which grows in beach sand and other coastal habitats in temperate regions across the world. It is also known as 'The Prince's Flower' after Prince Charles Edward Stuart who sowed it on the Island of Eriskay, Scotland, when he landed there in 1745 to lead the Jacobite rising. The plant bears trailing, fleshy stems, kidney-shaped leaves, and creamy-white flower buds and attractive morning glory-like flowers with corollas delicate pink to vivid lavender. They are insect-pollinated. Distribution In North America ''Calystegia soldanella'' is found on the west coast and selected areas of the east coast. In the United Kingdom it is widespread on the sandy coasts of England and Wales, less common in Scotland and Nort ...
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Ipomoea Imperati
''Ipomoea imperati'', the beach morning-glory (a name it shares with '' Ipomoea pes-caprae''), is a species of flowering plant in the family Convolvulaceae. Like ''Ipomoea pes-caprae'', its seeds disperse by floating in seawater. It has been found on the sandy shores of every continent except Antarctica. ''Ipomoea imperati'' and ''I. pes-caprae'' can be easily can be distinguished in that ''I. imperati'' has white flowers and ''I. pes-caprae'' usually has purple flowers. The leaves of ''I. imperati'' are more linear or lanceolate while those of ''I. pes-caprae'' tend to be more circular or ovate. It is considered an invasive species in some places. References imperati Plants described in 1866 {{Solanales-stub ...
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