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Convolvulus pes-caprae

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Identification
Convolvulus pes-caprae L. [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] (stored under name); Ipomoea pes-caprae (L.) R.Br. [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] Verified by Charles Dennis Adams, Ipomoea pes-caprae (L.) R.Br. [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] Verified by H.F. Wernham,
Related name
  • Convolvulus not on sheet
  • Ipomoea maritima
  • Jacquemontia subsalina
  • Ipomoea biloba
  • Jacquemontia ovalifolia
  • Ipomoea pes-caprae
  • Convolvulus pes-caprae
  • Convolvolus pes-caprae
  • Ipomoeae ovalifolia
  • Montejacquia bifida
  • Convolvulus ovalifolius

Flora

Entry for IPOMOEA pes-caprae (L.) R. Br. [family CONVOLVULACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by M.A. García (Cuscuta), Sebsebe Demissew (Cladostigma, Hildebrandtia, Seddera), and M. Thulin (Astripomoea, Convolvulus, Cressa, Dichondra, Evolvulus, Hewittia, Hyalocystis, Ipomoea, Jacquemontia, Merremia, Operculina, Stictocardia, Turbina, Xenostegia) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
IPOMOEA pes-caprae (L.) R. Br. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], (1818);
Convolvulus pes-caprae L. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], (1753). [type as above]
Information
Perennial glabrous herb; stems creeping, up to several m long. Leaf-blades almost orbicular to elliptic, 3–10 x 3–10.5 cm, rounded to cordate at the base, ± emarginate at the apex to deeply 2-lobed; petiole 2–17 cm long, with 2 glands at the apex. Cymes 1–many-flowered; peduncle 3–16 cm long; pedicels 1.2–4.5 cm long; bracts small. Sepals ± ovate, 5–12 x 5–7 mm, obtuse and mucronulate. Corolla pink or purple with darker centre, 3–5.5 cm long. Capsule globose, 12–18 mm in diam. Seeds 6–10 mm long, dark tomentose.

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