Ipomoea blepharophylla Hallier f.

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Ipomoea blepharophylla

Picture: Bart Wursten
Cleveland Dam, Harare

Ipomoea blepharophylla

Picture: Bart Wursten
Cleveland Dam, Harare

Ipomoea blepharophylla

Picture: Bart Wursten
Road from Penhalonga to Small Bridge Dam

Ipomoea blepharophylla

Picture: Bart Wursten
Road from Penhalonga to Small Bridge Dam

Ipomoea blepharophylla

Picture: Bart Wursten
Road from Penhalonga to Small Bridge Dam

Ipomoea blepharophylla

Picture: Bart Wursten
Kopje Tops, Mavhuradonha Wilderness Area

Ipomoea blepharophylla

Picture: Bart Wursten
Kopje Tops, Mavhuradonha Wilderness Area

Ipomoea blepharophylla

Picture: Bart Wursten
By the road from Nyanga to Troutbeck

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Common names:
Frequency: Frequent
Status: Native
Description:
Perennial herb, growing from a woody rootstock. Stems several, prostrate, covered in short yellowish hairs. Leaves, up to 8 × 2.5 cm, lanceolate to narrowly oblong, rounded to subcordate at the base; margins and veins ciliate beneath. Flowers solitary, axillary. Corolla funnel-shaped, distinctly narrowed below, white to mauve with a darker purple centre. Capsule spherical, glabrous, tipped by the persistent style-base.
Type location:
Sudan
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: blepharophylla: with fringed leaves, referring to the ciliate margins.
Habitat: On sandy soils in woodland and grassland.
Altitude range: 750 - 1650 m
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: West Africa to Sudan, Ethiopa and south to Zimbabwe and Mozambique
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): B,N,W,C,S
Zambian distribution (Provinces): N,E,Lk,S
Growth form(s):
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Literature:

Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Pages 66 - 68. (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 36.

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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Ipomoea blepharophylla.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=147560, retrieved 21 November 2024

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