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Railroad vine (half flower). ( Also known as "Beach Morning Glory" and "Goat's Foot"),

Ipomoea pes-caprae, also known as 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.

This species can be found on the sandy shores of the tropical Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Goat's Foot is common on the sand dunes of Australia's upper north coast of New South Wales and can also be found along the entire Queensland coastline.

 

This plant grows in association with sand spinifex grass and is a useful sand binder thriving under conditions of sand blast and salt spray.

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Uploaded on October 24, 2011
Taken on October 24, 2011