WorldFloraDB - Astripomoea hyoscyamoides

Characteristics

Shrubby short-lived perennial or annual; stems 0.5–2.4 m. tall, often much-branched above the base, ± hollow, tomentose or densely hairy.. Leaf-blade elliptic or elliptic-oblanceolate (rarely obovate-rhomboid) borne normally on the stem or high up on the peduncles near base of pedicels, 2–16 cm. long, 1.1–6.3 cm. wide, acute and apiculate at the apex, cuneate at the base, entire or wavy above the middle, grey-tomentose on both surfaces; petiole 2.5–4.4 cm. long.. Flowers in few-to several-flowered umbel-like cymes or heads; peduncle 0.6–5 cm. long; pedicels 4–17 mm. long; the inflorescences are sometimes compound, being monochasially branched and continued beyond the first leaf and cyme; bracts small, elliptic-lanceolate or large, ovate-cordate, with prominent midrib.. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, 6–14 mm. long, 2–5 mm. wide, acute.. Corolla white with purple tube, funnel-shaped, 1.8–3.8 cm. long.. Capsule 5–9 mm. tall.. Seeds ovoid-subtrigonous, 3.5 × 2.5 mm., brown, pubescent.

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Leaf lamina elliptic or elliptic-oblanceolate (rarely obovate-rhombic) borne normally on the stem or high on the peduncles near base of pedicels, 2–7 × 1·5–3 cm., acute and apiculate at the apex, cuneate at the base, entire or wavy above the middle, grey-tomentose on both surfaces; petiole about 1 cm. long.

Flowers in few to several-flowered umbel-like cymes or heads; peduncle 0·6–4 cm. long; pedicels 4–13 mm. long; inflorescences sometimes compound, being monochasially branched and continued beyond the first leaf and cyme; bracts small, elliptic-lanceolate or large, ovate-cordate, with prominent midrib.

Stems up to 2 m. tall, often much-branched above the base, more or less hollow, tomentose or densely hairy.

Corolla white with purpole tube, funnel-shaped up to 3–5 cm. long.

Sepals ovate-lanceolate, 5–10 mm. long, acute.

Seeds ovoid-subtrigonous, brown, pubescent.

Shrubby short-lived perennial or annual.

Capsule globose, yellowish.

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Growth form	shrub
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