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Synonyms: |
Ipomoea lyciifolia Merxm. Ipomoea xiphosepala Baker |
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Status: | Native |
Description: |
Trailing herb with procumbent stems, up to 1.1 m long. Leaves oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate, 2-7 cm long, usually hastate or auricled at the base, more or less sparsely hairy; margin entire or somewhat repand; petiole 5-10 mm long. Flowers in 1-2-flowered subsessile clusters, axillary. Corolla narrowly funnel-shaped, 12-15 mm long, white or mauve. Capsule spherical, hairy. Seeds brown with appressed stiff hairs. |
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Derivation of specific name: | gracilisepala: with slender (graceful) sepals |
Habitat: | Occurring in grassland and damp soil near rivers. |
Altitude range: (metres) | 1400 - 1530 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | Zimbabwe and Mpumalanga and Free State, South Africa |
Zimbabwe distribution: | W,C |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
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) Page 64. 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 36. |
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