Ipomoea setifera Poir.

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Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea

Characteristics

Vines; stems twining, herbaceous, hirsute with mostly erect trichomes, also sometimes minutely aculeolate. Leaves broadly ovate-cordate to triangular-hastate, 7-14 cm long, the basal lobes obtuse to acute, apically acute to obtuse, glabrous. Inflorescences 5-7-flowered, cymose, with foliaceous bracts at the base of the pedicels. Flowers rose to purple; sepals unequal, the outer 3 broadly ovate, 15 mm long, obtuse to subacute, mucronate, the inner 2 ovate-lanceolate, 12 mm long, acute to acuminate, glabrous but aculeolate along the costa; corolla 6-7 cm long, the limb 4-5 cm wide. Fruits not seen.
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Red-purple flowers 2 to nearly 4 in. long, the sepals often plicate, tubercled and apiculate.
A hirsute rather robust twiner and trailer
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
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Images

Leaf

Ipomoea setifera leaf picture by R. Tournebize (cc-by-sa)
Ipomoea setifera leaf picture by R. Tournebize (cc-by-sa)
Ipomoea setifera leaf picture by R. Tournebize (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Ipomoea setifera flower picture by claire Felloni (cc-by-sa)
Ipomoea setifera flower picture by claire Felloni (cc-by-sa)
Ipomoea setifera flower picture by R. Tournebize (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Ipomoea setifera world distribution map, present in Argentina, Burkina Faso, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Côte d'Ivoire, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Guinea, Guadeloupe, Gambia, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Mexico, Martinique, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:269793-1
WFO ID wfo-0001297033
COL ID 3PWZG
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 445583
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Convolvulus breviflorus Ipomoea lesteri Convolvulus ruber Ipomoea rubra Calystegia setifera Ipomoea setifera Convolvulus setifer Ipomoea breviflora Ipomoea calidicola Ipomoea serrulifera Sciadiara ruber Ipomoea assumptionis Ipomoea rubra var. alboflavida Calystegia setifera var. poeppigii Ipomoea palustris Ipomoea rubra var. palustris