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Convolvulus purpureus

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Identification
Convolvulus purpureus L. [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Pharbitis bracteata
  • Ipomoea purpurea
  • Convolvulus sp.
  • Ipomoea congesta
  • Pharbitis hispida
  • Convolvulus purpureus

Flora

Entry for IPOMŒA purpurea Roth [family ]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 4, page 45, (1904) Author: By J. G. BAKERand C. H. WRIGHT.
Names
IPOMŒA purpurea Roth [family ], Cat. i. 36;—Hallier f. in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 137.
IPOMŒA congesta R. Br. [family ], Prodr. 485; Benth. Fl. Austr. iv. 417; Hallier f. l.c.
IPOMŒA punctata E. Meyer [family ], in Drège, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 153, 158.
Convolvulus purpureus Linn. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 219; Bot. Mag. tt. 113, 1005 (var. elatior), 1682 (var. varius).
Pharbitis hispida Choisy [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in DC. Prod. ix. 341.
Information
annual; stems slender, wide twining, beset with short reflexed hairs; leaves cordate-ovate, usually entire, cuspidate, membranous, pubescent, especially on the under surface, distinctly petioled; peduncles 1–3-flowered, often longer than the leaves; pedicels very short; bracts small, linear; calyx 6–9 lin. long, densely pilose especially towards the base; sepals leafy, lanceolate, acuminate; corolla 2–2 1/2 in. long, glabrous outside, funnel-shaped, dilated in the upper half, reddish-purple, violet or white; capsule globose, 3-celled, glabrous, much shorter than the calyx; seeds naked. null
Range
Also in Central and South America and Australia.
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Natal; Umlazi River Heights, below 500 ft., Drège! around Durban Bay, Krauss, 297! Sydenham, near Durban, Wood, 4018! Rooi Koppies, near Durban, Wood, 4534! and without precise locality, Mrs. Saunders! Peddie!KALAHARI REGION Transvaal; near Lydenburg, Wilms, 980!

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