Ipomoea hackeliana Hallier F.

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea

Characteristics

Annual herb. Stems several, prostrate, up to ±1 m long, glabrescent. Leaves secund, ovate-cordate, 10-45 x 7-35 mm, apex acute to rounded, margin crenate to crenate-dentate, crisped, sparsely pilose on both surfaces, pellucidly glandular when seen in transmitted light when dry; basal sinus wide and shallow, blade cuneately decurrent into 4-28 mm long, pilose petiole. Flowers solitary or in few-flowered fascicles; bracteoles ±3 mm long; pedicel hairy, up to 20 mm long. Sepals unequal, hairy, ±10 mm long, green suffused with purplish red; three outer ones ovate from cordate base; two inner ones lanceolate; all accrescent, becoming papyraceous with distinct veins, up to 15 mm long. Corolla funnel-shaped, pale mauvish pink with darker centre or occasionally white, 12-14 mm long. Capsule subglobose, densely pilose with long white hairs, 6-8 mm in diameter. Seeds black, hairy, 3.5 mm long.
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Leaf lamina ovate-cordate, 1–4 × 0·75–3 cm., more or less distinctly crenate or crenate-dentate, acute to rounded at the apex, sparsely pilose on both surfaces, pellucidly glandular when dry; basal sinus usually wide and shallow with the blade cuneately decurrent into the slender up to 2 cm. long pilose petiole.
Sepals unequal, up to 10 mm. long, green often suffused with purplish red, pilose, the outer three ovate from a cordate base, obtuse or subacute, the two inner lanceolate, acute, all accrescent, becoming papyraceous with distinct finely raised veins, attaining 13 × 9 mm.
Prostrate annual herb. Leaves ovate-cordate with distinctly crenate or crenate-dentate margin. Outer sepals ovate with cordate base. Corolla 10-13 mm long. Capsule densely pilose; seeds hairy. Flowers white or mauve.
Flowers solitary or in few-flowered fascicles; pedicels slender, pilose, up to 15 mm. long; bracteoles subcordate at the base, acute, ciliate or midrib and margin, up to 3 mm. long.
Stems several from the base, up to 2 m. long, prostrate, with soft patent hairs when young.
Corolla funnel-shaped, white or mauve, 10–13 mm. long; midpetaline areas slightly hairy.
Capsule subglobose, densely pilose.
Seeds black, hairy.
Ovary hairy.
Annual.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses invertebrate food
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Distribution

Ipomoea hackeliana world distribution map, present in Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:268975-1
WFO ID wfo-0001297729
COL ID 3PW6Y
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Synonyms

Ipomoea hackeliana Aniseia hackeliana