Ipomoea plummeraeA.Gray

Huachuca Mountain morning-glory

WFO wfo-0001297470 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Ipomoea plummerae, photographed by Alfredo F. Fuentes Claros
fig. a Alfredo F. Fuentes Claros, CC0 1.0 / 2022-05-02 / obs. 194160528
Ipomoea plummerae, photographed by Cecelia Alexander
fig. b Cecelia Alexander, CC0 1.0 / obs. 152736708
Ipomoea plummerae, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. c Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 93139806
Ipomoea plummerae, photographed by Andrew Tree
fig. d Andrew Tree, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 89944760
Ipomoea plummerae, photographed by Leticia Jiménez Hernández
fig. e Leticia Jiménez Hernández, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 85993340
Ipomoea plummerae, photographed by Leticia Jiménez Hernández
fig. f Leticia Jiménez Hernández, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 44326888
Ipomoea plummerae, photographed by cstobie
fig. g cstobie, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 34519458
Ipomoea plummerae, photographed by cstobie
fig. h cstobie, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 34517830

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Native range 13 botanical countries

Regions where Ipomoea plummerae is native: Arizona, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, New Mexico, Texas, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru ArizonaMexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SouthwestNew MexicoTexasArgentina NortheastArgentina NorthwestBoliviaColombiaPeru
Native distribution of Ipomoea plummerae, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Arizona ARI NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Central MXC
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southwest MXS
New Mexico NWM
Texas TEX
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Argentina Northwest AGW
Bolivia BOL
Colombia CLM
Peru PER

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 10 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Ipomoea armata var. patens (A.Gray) M.E.Jones
  • Ipomoea capillacea var. patens A.Gray
  • Ipomoea egregia House
  • Ipomoea minuta R.E.Fr.
  • Ipomoea minuta f. adiantifolia (Ooststr.) O'Donell
  • Ipomoea minuta f. minuta
  • Ipomoea patens (A.Gray) House
  • Ipomoea plummerae f. rhombifolia Ooststr.
  • Ipomoea plummerae f. typica Ooststr.
  • Quamoclit pedata M.Martens & Galeotti

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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