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Ipomoea ephemera Verdc.

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea

Characteristics

Leaf lamina linear to linear-oblong, 1·8–6 × 0·4–1&,middot;2 cm., cuneate to shortly cordate or hastate at the base, obtuse or subacute, minutely mucronate at the apex, stellate-pubescent on both surfaces; petiole up to 7 mm. long, stellate-pubescent.
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Corolla narrowly funnel-shaped, up to 3 cm. long, nearly glabrous; tube narrow, more or less 2 cm. long, purple; limb whitish.
Sepals subequal, ovate-lanceolate, up to 10 × 3 mm., membranous stellate-pubescent, ciliate at the margin.
Flowers axillary, solitary; bracts linear more or less 4 mm. long; pedicels 2·5 mm. long.
Capsule globose, glabrous, apiculate by the style-base.
Prostrate-ascending or erect annual herb up to 1·5 m.
Stems not much branched, slender, stellate-pubescent.
Seeds black, appressed pubescent.
Ovary glabrous.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Distribution

Ipomoea ephemera world distribution map, present in Mozambique

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:268826-1
WFO ID wfo-0000156717
COL ID 3PW2L
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Synonyms

Ipomoea ephemera
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