Ipomoea polhillii Verdc.

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea

Characteristics

Leaf lamina oblong-ovate, 1·5–4 × 1–2 cm., entire, acute or more or less rounded at the mucronulate apex, rounded to subcordate at the base, more or less densely covered with appressed yellow and whitish hairs; petiole 3–8 mm. long, hairy as the stems.
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Stems prostrate, several radiating creeping shoots from a narrow rootstock, slender, more or less densely covered with long spreading and appressed yellowish hairs.
Sepals lanceolate 6·5–7 mm. long, acuminate, the inner ones with hyaline margin, all covered with spreading yellowish hairs.
Inflorescences axillary, 1–2 flowered; peduncle 2–8 mm. long; pedicels 3–20 mm. long; bracts linear up to 3 mm. long.
Corolla funnel-shaped, white, more or less 2–7 cm. long, midpetaline areas fuscous and hairy at the apices.
Perennial herb with all parts more or less densely covered with long spreading and appressed hairs.
Capsule and seeds unknown.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Ipomoea polhillii world distribution map, present in Malawi and Tanzania, United Republic of

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:269564-1
WFO ID wfo-0000156935
COL ID 3PWRZ
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Synonyms

Ipomoea polhillii