Lepistemon binectariferus (Wall.) Kuntze

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Convolvulaceae > Lepistemon

Characteristics

Herbs twining, 1-3 m tall. Stems densely brown pilose, with spreading or retrorse hairs. Petiole 3-16 cm, pilose; leaf blade cordate-ovate, 5-18 X 5-15 cm, base deeply cordate, margin entire, angulate, or shallowly 3-7-lobed; lobes acute or acuminate, appressed pilose; young leaves tomentose. Cymes axillary, few to many flowered; peduncle short or absent. Pedicel ca. 7 mm, glabrous or pilose. Sepals lanceolate, subequal or inner shorter, 5-7.5 mm, slightly enlarged in fruit or not, herbaceous, hirsute abaxially, attenuate acuminate. Corolla white or yellowish white, urceolate, 1.2-1.5 cm; tube inflated basally, contracted apically, upper part of tube and midpetaline bands pubescent outside; limb spreading, shortly 5-lobed; scales at filament bases concave, papillose abaxially. Disc 5-lobed. Ovary glabrous or pubescent. Capsule globose to ovoid, 6-8 mm, apiculate. Seeds 4 or fewer, black, ovoid, 3-4 mm. Fl. Dec-Jan, fr. Jan.
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Distribution

Lepistemon binectariferus world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:270309-1
WFO ID wfo-0001298108
COL ID 5ZXHK
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Synonyms

Convolvulus binectariferus Lepistemon binectariferus Convolvulus binectarifer Lepistemon wallichii Ipomoea wallichii

Lower taxons

Lepistemon binectariferum var. trichocarpum Lepistemon binectariferum var. binectariferum Lepistemon binectarifer var. glaber Lepistemon binectarifer var. taynguyenensis