Ipomoea argentaurata Hallier F.

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea

Characteristics

Flowers whitish turning light purplish with darker centre, 2 in. long and as much across the limb.
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Stems prostrate or ascending from a woody base, whitish-tomentose and with spreading yellow hairs
A twining herb. It keeps growing from year to year.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in savannah woodland.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Ipomoea argentaurata world distribution map, present in Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Chad, and Togo

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:268418-1
WFO ID wfo-0001298683
COL ID 3PVLL
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Synonyms

Ipomoea argentaurata