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Ipomoea linosepala Hallier F.

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea

Characteristics

Leaf lamina ovate, becoming more or less oblanceolate to obovate, more or less 1·5–5 × 3–2·2 cm., shortly acute to obtuse at the apex, obtuse to subacute at the base; petiole up to 5 mm. long, densely hairy.
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Flowers generally solitary from the axils of the upper leaves; peduncle 5–15 mm. long, densely hairy; bracts linear-subulate up to 14 mm. long, below the flower densely hairy.
Corolla funnel-shaped-campanulate, pink to cream whitish with purple centre, 2–3·5 cm. long; midpetaline areas hairy in the upper portion.
Sepals linear-lanceolate below with a long linear subulate upper portion, up to 18 mm. long, densely ciliate like the young shoots.
Stems branched from the base; branches up to 1·5 m. long, densely covered with long spreading yellowish hairs like the leaves.
An erect perennial much-branched herb with a thick fusiform woody root.
Seeds blackish, minutely pubescent.
Capsule subspherical.
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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:269211-1
WFO ID wfo-0001257449
COL ID 6MX68
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Synonyms

Ipomoea linosepala

Lower taxons

Ipomoea linosepala subsp. alpina Ipomoea linosepala subsp. kundelungensis Ipomoea linosepala subsp. upembensis Ipomoea linosepala subsp. linosepala
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