Merremia hemmingiana Verdc.

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Convolvulaceae > Merremia

Characteristics

Perennial; stems prostrate, up to 1.2 m. long, radiating from a tough rootstock, pilose with spreading and glandular hairs.. Leaf-blade suborbicular in outline, much divided, 1.3–3.5 cm. long, 1.2–4 cm. wide, palmately 5–7(–9)-lobed, pilose above and below with spreading-bristly hairs; lobes obovate-oblong in outline, up to 3 cm. long, each twice or thrice pinnatifid, the individual lobes oblong to deltoid, the margin appearing crinkly; petiole 0.6–1.5 cm. long, spreading-bristly; nerves prominent beneath.. Flowers solitary or paired; peduncle 1.5–2.5 cm. long, pilose; pedicels 5–20 mm. long; bracts small, linear.. Sepals ovate-oblong, 6 mm. long, 2–3 mm. wide, bluntly acute or rounded at the apex, pubescent.. Corolla yellow with purple centre, 1.5–2 cm. long, shallowly lobed; midpetaline areas and apices of lobes pubescent.. Capsule unknown.
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Distribution

Merremia hemmingiana world distribution map, present in Kenya

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:270532-1
WFO ID wfo-0001298717
COL ID 3ZWKX
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Synonyms

Merremia hemmingiana