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Synonyms: |
Ipomoea blepharospeala Hochst. ex A. Rich. Ipomoea cardiosepala Hochst. ex Baker & Wright |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Annual herb with numerous stems growing from a taproot, prostrate or twining, up to 2.5 m long, more or less densely covered with white spreading hairs, particularly when young. Leaves ovate to ovate-oblong, 2-10 cm long, broadly cordate or rarely subhastate at the base, pubescent or hairless; petiole slender, 1-10 cm long. Flowers axillary, 1-3 on a slender peduncle, up to 6.5 cm long, hairy; pedicels up to 1.9 cm long, hairy, erect in flower, reflexed in fruit. Bracts minute, lanceolate. Sepals (in this subspecies) up to 6 mm long, enlarging in fruit up 9 mm long, unequal, outer lanceolate with a somewhat broadened base; inner narrower than outer. Corola in this subspecies normally pale pink or mauve with a dark centre, c. 1.3 cm long. Capsule globose with an apiculate apex formed by the persistent style-base, hairless. |
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Derivation of specific name: | sinensis: Chinese; of China |
Habitat: | In woodland, Acacia scrub, grassland and cultivated land, on sandy and calcareous soils. |
Altitude range: | 200 - 1600 m |
Flowering time: | Oct - Jan |
Worldwide distribution: | Ethiopia, Somalia, Socotra, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Angola, Namibia, Eswatini and KwaZulu-Natal South Africa. Also in Arabia. |
Malawi distribution: | S |
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Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: | Wednesday 27 July 2016 |
Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 34. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 22. Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Pages 70 - 72. Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 371. (Includes a picture). Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 308. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 37. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 51. |
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