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Ipomoea fulvicaulis
asperifolia
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| Synonyms: |
Ipomoea asperifolia Hall. f. |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb with persistently yellow-brown hairy stems, up to 2 m long, growing from a woody rootstock. Leaves narrowly oblong or ovate-oblong, 3-11 cm long, more or less cordate at the base, covered with short stiff yellowish hairs on both surfaces (in this variety); petiole hairy, 1-4.5 cm long. Flowers axillary, solitary or few in small head; peduncles 1-7.5 cm long, hairy; bracts (in this variety) linear, up to 7 mm long. Sepals (in this variety) ovate or lanceolate, up to 16 mm long. Corolla funnel-shaped, mauve to purple-pink, 2.5-5 cm long, more or less hairy. Capsule globose, hairless. |
| Notes: | See var. fulvicaulis and var. heterocalyx for comparison. This species is generally not easy to distinguish in field from Ipomoea blepharophylla. See that species for comparison. |
| Derivation of specific name: | fulvicaulis: with fulvous (reddish-yellow, tawny) stems. asperifolia: with rough leaves. |
| Habitat: | Woodland, savanna bush, grassland, in granite sand and along roadsides |
| Altitude range: | 550 - 1500 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
| Malawi distribution: | N,C,S |
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| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| 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. Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Pages 68 - 69. 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. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 71. |
Other sources of information about Ipomoea fulvicaulis var. asperifolia:
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Flora of Mozambique: Ipomoea fulvicaulis var. asperifoliaFlora of Zambia: Ipomoea fulvicaulis var. asperifolia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Ipomoea fulvicaulis var. asperifolia
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Ipomoea fulvicaulisAfrican Plant Database: Ipomoea fulvicaulis
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Ipomoea fulvicaulis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Ipomoea fulvicaulis
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Ipomoea fulvicaulis
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JSTOR Plant Science: Ipomoea fulvicaulis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Ipomoea fulvicaulis
Plants of the World Online: Ipomoea fulvicaulis
Tropicos: Ipomoea fulvicaulis
Wikipedia: Ipomoea fulvicaulis
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