Goat's Foot Convolvulus

Ipomoea pes-caprae

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Ipomoea pes-caprae, also known as bayhops, beach morning glory or goat's foot, is a common pantropical creeping vine belonging to the family Convolvulaceae. It grows on the upper parts of beaches and endures salted air. It is one of the most common and most widely distributed salt tolerant plants and provides one of the best known examples of oceanic dispersal. Its seeds float and are unaffected by salt water in Persian gulf.

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  1. (c) Benjamin Walton, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Benjamin Walton
  2. (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipomoea_pes-caprae

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