Ipomoea gracilisepala Rendle

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea

Characteristics

Annual. Stems several, usually prostrate, up to ±1 m long, subterete, pubescent. Leaves often secund, oblong to lanceolate, 20-60 x 5-20 mm, usually hastate-truncate or auricled at base, apex obtuse, lobes entire, bifid or with 2 or 3 teeth; margin entire to subrepand; upper surface dark green, glabrescent, lower surface paler and more densely hairy; petiole 5-10 mm long. Inflorescence axillary, 1-or 2-flowered, rarely fasciculate; peduncle up to 7 mm long in fruit, thinly hairy with long hairs as are bracteoles, pedicels and sepals; bracteoles linear-lanceolate, 4-7 mm long; pedicels up to 12 mm long in fruit. Sepals subequal, lanceolate to linear, 7-11 mm long, larger in fruit and spreading at apex, hairy. Corolla narrowly funnel-shaped, pinkish mauve with darker centre or rarely white, 12-16 mm long, limb spreading, almost 5-angled, 10-12 mm wide; midpetaline areas distinct, hairy towards tips. Capsule globose, hirsute, 6-8 mm in diameter. Seeds brown, tomentose, 4-5 mm long.
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Leaf lamina oblong or lanceolate-oblong to lanceolate, 2–7 × 0·5–1 cm., usually hastate-truncate or auricled at the base, sometimes some lanceolate from a narrow base or all lanceolate, obtuse, minutely mucronate at the apex, entire to subrepand, hairy or glabrescent; petiole 5–10 mm. long, glabrescent; inflorescences axillary 1–2 flowered; peduncle absent or very short, thinly hairy with rather long hairs as are bracteoles, pedicels and sepals; bracteoles linear-lanceolate, 3–6 mm. long, obtuse or subacute; pedicels up to 10 mm. in fruit.
Annual herb. Stems procumbent or trailing. Leaves with blade oblong to narrowly ovate, 20-60 x 5-20 mm, base hastate-truncate or with toothed auricles, upper surface dark green, glabrescent, lower surface paler, more densely hairy. Flowers: peduncle 1-or 2-flowered, very short or absent; calyx lobes narrowly ovate to linear, apex acuminate; corolla 12-15 mm long, mauve or white; Dec.-Mar. Fruit a globose, hirsute capsule; seeds pubescent, hairs stiff, appressed.
Procumbent or trailing herb. Leaves entire or subre-pand, oblong or lanceolate-oblong to lanceolate, hastate-truncate or auricled at base. Inflorescence 1-or 2-flowered, sessile or very shortly pedunculate. Sepals lanceolate to linear, acuminate. Corolla 12-15 mm long. Capsule hirsute; seeds with villous tomentum of appressed stiff hairs. Flowers mauve or white.
Stems several from the base, up to 1·10 m. long, subterete, at first densely, later finely and shortly pubescent.
Corolla narrowly funnel-shaped, mauve or white, 12–15 mm. long; midpetaline areas hairy towards the tips.
Sepals subequal, lanceolate to linear, acuminate, 7–15 × 1–2 mm., spreading in fruit.
Seeds brown with a villous tomentum of appressed stiff hairs.
Procumbent or trailing herb.
Capsule globose, hirsute.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Images

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Distribution

Ipomoea gracilisepala world distribution map, present in South Africa and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:268946-1
WFO ID wfo-0001297727
COL ID 3PW6C
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Synonyms

Ipomoea lyciifolia Ipomoea gracilisepala Ipomoea xiphosepala