Ipomoea pubescens (silky morning-glory)

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Ipomoea pubescens, photographed by Alexis López Hernández — fig. a Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-08-23 / obs. 93087256

Ipomoea pubescens, photographed by Leticia Jiménez Hernández — fig. b Leticia Jiménez Hernández, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 84412719

Ipomoea pubescens, photographed by Alfredo F. Fuentes Claros — fig. c Alfredo F. Fuentes Claros, CC0 1.0 / obs. 59912141

Ipomoea pubescens, photographed by Cecelia Alexander — fig. d Cecelia Alexander, CC0 1.0 / obs. 52425621

Ipomoea pubescens, photographed by Kathy Marie — fig. e Kathy Marie, CC0 1.0 / obs. 25437772

Ipomoea pubescens, photographed by Craig Martin — fig. g Craig Martin, CC0 1.0 / obs. 156148350

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Native range 12 botanical countries

Native distribution of Ipomoea pubescens, 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.

Region	TDWG code	Continent
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 Northwest	AGW	SOUTHERN AMERICA
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 25 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.

Aniseia heterophylla (Ortega) Meisn.
Batatas heterophylla (Ortega) G.Don
Batatas papirin G.Don
Batatas papiru (Ruiz & Pav.) G.Don
Batatas subtriloba (Ruiz & Pav.) G.Don
Batatas willdenowii G.Don
Convolvuloides pilosa Moench
Convolvulus papiru (Ruiz & Pav.) Spreng.
Convolvulus paspiria Spreng.
Convolvulus pubescens (Lam.) Willd.
Ipomoea bulbocastana Moc. & Sesse. ex Choisy
Ipomoea diehlii M.E.Jones
Ipomoea heterophylla Ortega
Ipomoea heterophylla var. subcomosa House
Ipomoea lindheimeri var. subintegra House
Ipomoea ortegae Poir.
Ipomoea papirin Ruiz & Pav.
Ipomoea papiru Ruiz & Pav.
Ipomoea papiru var. subtriloba (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers.
Ipomoea subtriloba Ruiz & Pav.
Ipomoea varia Roth
Ipomoea willdenowii Roem. & Schult.
Pharbitis heterophylla (Ortega) Choisy
Pharbitis pubescens (Lam.) Choisy

and 1 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
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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