Ipomoea simonsiana Rendle

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea

Characteristics

Annual herb, branched near the base; stems slender, twining, obscurely pubescent.. Leaf-blade ovate in outline, 2.4–6.6 cm. long, 2.4–4.7 cm. wide, acute, widely cordate at the base, margins with 2 or 3 deltoid acute or subacute lobes on each side of basal half, the whole leaf appearing ± 5(–7)-lobed, thin, very sparsely pubescent; petiole about 3 cm. long.. Flowers solitary or in 2-flowered cymes; peduncle 6–10 mm. long; pedicels 5–12 mm. long.. Sepals 3-nerved, spathulate; apical part ovate, apiculate, 4 mm. long,3 mm. wide; basal part linear-oblong, 3 mm. long, 2 mm. wide.. Corolla white, with narrow tube and ± salver-shaped limb, 2.5 cm. long.
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Leaf-lamina ovate in outline, 2·4–7·5 × 2·4–6·5 cm., acute, widely cordate at the base, margins with 2 or 3 deltoid acute or subacute lobes on each side of basal half, the whole leaf appearing more or less 5 (7)-lobed, thin, very sparsely pubescent on both surfaces; petiole up to 5 cm. long, very slender.
Flowers solitary or in 2-flowered cymes; peduncle 6–10 mm. long, slender; pedicels 5–12 mm. long, stouter than the peduncle; bracteoles minute, lanceolate.
Sepals spathulate, more or less 7 mm. long, 3-nerved, with apical part ovate, apiculate, herbaceous, and the basal part linear-oblong, subcoriaceous.
Corolla almost salver-shaped, white, 2·5 cm. long, lobes subacute, glabrous.
Seeds brownish, densely pubescent with long hairs at the edges.
Stems long, twining, slender, diffuse, obscurely pubescent.
Capsule globose, coriaceous, glabrous.
Annual herb branched near the base.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Ipomoea simonsiana world distribution map, present in Ethiopia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania, United Republic of, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:269813-1
WFO ID wfo-0001298757
COL ID 3PX26
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Synonyms

Ipomoea simonsiana