Ipomoea blepharophylla Hallier F.

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea

Characteristics

Perennial; stems several, from a woody rootstock, prostrate, pubescent.. Leaf-blade lanceolate or narrowly oblong, up to 8 cm. long and 1.3 cm. wide, obtuse or mucronate at the apex, rounded or subcordate at the base, glabrous or with odd hairs on midrib above and margins and veins beneath ciliate; petiole short, 6 mm. long, pubescent.. Flowers solitary; peduncles and pedicels together up to 1.5 cm. long; bracts lanceolate, 3.5 mm. long.. Sepals lanceolate, up to 1.8 cm. long and 4 mm. wide, pubescent.. Corolla mauve with darker centre, tubular-funnel-shaped, distinctly narrowed below with the tube sometimes 1.9 cm. long and 1.5 mm. wide, up to 5.5(–6.0) cm. long.. Capsule globose, glabrous, 9 mm. in diameter, tipped by persistent style-base.
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Leaf lamina lanceolate or narrowly oblong, up to 8 × 2·5 cm., obtuse or mucronate at the apex, rounded or subcordate to minutely cordate at the base, glabrous or with some hairs on the midrib above, the margins and veins beneath ciliate; petiole up to 7 mm. long, pubescent.
Corolla tubular-funnel-shaped, distinctly narrowed below, mauve with darker centre or whitish, up to 6 cm. long, the tube sometimes 2 cm. long.
Flowers solitary, axillary; peduncle up to 12 mm. long; pedicels up to 20 mm. long; bracteoles lanceolate, 3·5 mm. long.
Stems several, from a woody rootstock, prostrate, densely clothed with short yellowish spreading hairs.
Narrow funnel-shaped flowers 2-21/2 in. long, pale-or red-purple darker lines and throat.
Capsule globose, glabrous, tipped by persistent style-base.
Stems slender, pubescent, trailing from a woody rootstock
Sepals lanceolate, up to 18 × 4 mm., pubescent.
Seeds brownish with appressed yellowish hairs.
Perennial herb.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Images

Leaf

Ipomoea blepharophylla leaf picture by Mayoge Bukapuka (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Ipomoea blepharophylla flower picture by Mayoge Bukapuka (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Ipomoea blepharophylla world distribution map, present in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Malawi, Sudan, Senegal, South Sudan, Chad, Togo, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:268509-1
WFO ID wfo-0001297862
COL ID 3PVPP
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Synonyms

Ipomoea glossophylla Ipomoea blepharophylla