Ipomoea cairica

Mile a minute vine

Family: Convolvulaceae · Type: perennial · Not Native

Mile a minute vine is a naturalized perennial herb found in southern coastal regions near Santa Margarita Lake in San Luis Obispo County at elevations around 300 meters in disturbed places. Flowering throughout the growing season, this vine produces lavender-blue to white flowers approximately 4 to 6 centimeters long with sepals 4 to 7 millimeters wide that have rounded tips. Growing as a climbing vine with slender stems, it spreads extensively through disturbed landscapes. Its leaves are nearly hairless with typically 3 to 5 leaflets, where the central leaflet ranges 1 to 5 centimeters long. The plant typically produces single flowers on each peduncle, creating distinctive sparse flowering clusters in its habitat.

Habitat: Disturbed places

Elevation: +- 300 m.

Bioregions: SCoRO (Santa Margarita Lake, San Luis Obispo Co.)

California counties: Orange, Los Angeles, San Diego, Imperial, Santa Cruz, San Luis Obispo, Alameda

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