Morning Glories: today's mail loot, 1 by RON_CONVOLVULACEAE

RON_CONVOLVULACEAE wrote:
Hey Perry - There are no photos of living plants of Ipomoea cuneifolia var.cuneifolia on the web...now remember that these native MG's are just ' so invasive' >that nobody can find a living plant to photograph...the reality of the situation is that they are endangered and the inept studies funded by the Feds are very misleading at best...if anyone was to read the actual number of plants located combined with the number of locations it would be a 'stretch of any reasonable imagination' to conclude that these plants are present in safe numbers...and some 'big names' have stooped to maintain 'good relations' with their paycheck sources...

Before you believe any studies...trace where the money funding ultimately originates from...that will provide a very good 'hint' as to what is 'expected' from those who continue to get re-funded...

The numbers of plants have declined from various forms of developement e.g.,power sources,building,agriculture,roads,lumber harvesting and other forms of physical and chemical disruption of the environment...the feds often spray various chemicals to control 'pests' with alarming disregard for the health of the native flora and fauna...

The Feds,States and puppet Universities that have so casually labeled these as invasive and threatening that for at least 9 of the species I listed, none of these entities can even find one(!) living plant to host accurate photos to show what they look like...(!!!)...so,what is wrong with 'this' picture...

Do we need Koko's brain for this 'brainteaser' (?!)...

Koko the Gorilla does very well with the 'what's wrong with this picture' tests...e.g., picks out square wheels on cars,people casually walking tigers on a leash etc...
I bet Koko(!) could understand(!) that something cannot be 'extremely invasive' and almost completely(!) missing in action at the same time...

Other US native species rarely seen include:

Bonamia grandiflora - Florida - a Federally Endangered species - I would like to get some seed and/or plants from private property,which is legal(!) - If I get this plant,it will not become extinct!

Bonamia ovalifolia - Texas...and previously in AZ and NM...(I do know of a very rare strand in Arizona)...BUT DON"T TELL THE FEDS(!!!!)...or they will kill(!) it

Ipomoea capillacea - perennial - US SouthWestern - AZ - "purple morningglory
Ipomoea costellata var.edwardensis - from Edwards Plateau area in Texas
Ipomoea cristulata - "Transpecos morningglory" - this species has leaf lobes that are extremely deeply indented to look like separate lobes AZ and NM also
Ipomoea dumetorum - railway creeper morning glory - Arizona
Ipomoea pubescens -'Silky MG' - corolla - reddish-purple - perennia l- Texas - Trans-Pecos to Arizona and in Mexico.

Ipomoea rupicola - mountain 'Cliff Morning glory'- corolla purple to lavender pink w/a dark center-perennial(!);leaves smooth;Texas,Rio Grande valley,Hidalgo/Duval to Big Bend

Ipomoea shumardiana -'Narrow Leaf MG' - N.American South/SouthWestern morning glory-narrow leaf MG - perennial - KS,OK,TX et al
Ipomoea tenuiloba(syn.I.lemmonii) - 'Spiderleaf MG' - N.American South/SouthWestern perennial morning glory,e.g., NM,TX
Ipomoea ternifolia - Triple-leaf MG - AZ
Ipomoea violacea - sea beach moonvine moonflower - Texas(Jefferson County et al)

Operculina pinnatifida - (synonym Ipomoea pinnatifida) - tanseyleaf lidpod morning glory - native to coastal Texas(Nueces Co.to SouthWest) et al surrounding area The only Operculina native to the US states!


Others that could use some help through home preservation gardens include

Evolvulus arizonicus - Arizona Blue Eyes
Evolvulus nuttallianus - shaggy dwarf morningglory - AZ
Evolvulus sericeus - AZ,NM, TX
Ipomoea barbatisepala - "canyon morningglory" - AZ,NM, TX
Ipomoea cardiophylla - "heartleaf morningglory" - AZ,NM,TX

Ipomoea costellata - 'Crest-rib' morning glory - corolla pale lavender or pink - annual from slender taproot - stems first erect then trailing - AZ,NM,TX(rocky slopes of Trans Pecos),Wyoming

Ipomoea lindheimeri - AZ,NM,TX,NV
Ipomoea longifolia - pink throat MG - AZ
Ipomoea thurberi - AZ
Ipomoea tuboides - (var.tuboides.var.pubescens) Hawaiian moonvine moonflower morning glory - Hawaii
Jacquemontia pringlei - AZ,NM


Perry you'll have to use the herbarium specimen photo for the Ipomoea cuneifolia as living specimens aren't available...note the very particular scalloping to the leaves... ,

I sure do wish that people would take more of an active interest in the native species...

TTY,...

Ron


This message was edited Oct 28, 2006 3:44 AM