Ipomoea obscura
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Habit
05 Mar 2009
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Habit
05 Mar 2009
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21 Mar 2008
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Flower (cream)
21 Mar 2008
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Leaf
27 Apr 2008
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Flower (yellow)
08 Apr 2010
| Family: | Convolvulaceae |
| Full name: | Ipomoea obscura (L.) Ker Gawl. |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Wildepatat |
| English common name(s): | Wild petunia, Obscure morning glory, Yellow ipomoea |
| Synonym(s): | Convolvulus obscurus L. (1762) Ipomoea obscura (L.) Ker Gawl. var. obscura (1817) Ipomoea obscura var. fragilis (Choisy) A.Meeuse Ipomoea fragilis Choisy (1845) Merremia geophiloides A.Chev. (1933) Ipomoea demissa Hallier f. (1894) Ipomoea obscura var. demissa (Hallier f.) Verdc. (1978) Ipomoea longipes Engl. (1889) Calonyction acanthocarpum Choisy Ipomoea acanthocarpa (Choisy) Asch. & Schweinf. (1845) Ipomoea fragilis var. hispida Hallier f. Ipomoea fragilis var. pubescens Hallier f. Ipomoea inconspicua Baker (1894) Ipomoea luteola R.Br. (1810) Ipomoea obscura var. abyssinica Hallier f. Ipomoea obscura var. indica Hallier f. Ipomoea sudanica A.Chev. (1933) Ipomoea tenuis E.Mey. Ipomoea acutiflora A.Rich. (1850) Ipomoea saltiana Rendle (1894) Ipomoea dubia Cout. (1915) |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Perennial herb; stems slender, prostrate or twining, up to 1.2 m long, pilose or glabrescent. Leaf-blade ovate (rarely linear-oblong), 2.7–9 cm long, 0.4–7.5 cm wide, acuminate or apiculate at the apex, cordate at the base, pubescent or glabrescent on both surfaces; petiole up to 8 cm long. Inflorescences 1–several-flowered; peduncle 3.5–4 cm long; pedicels 1–2 cm long. Sepals ovate, ovate-orbicular or ovate-lanceolate, 4–8 mm long, 1.7–4 mm wide, acute or apiculate, glabrous to pilose. Corolla yellow, orange, cream or white with purple, crimson or chocolate-brown centre, 1.4–2.3 (–2.5) cm long. Capsule globose, glabrous, 8–12 mm in diameter, tipped with persistent style base. Seeds ovoid, black, adpressed pubescent or velvety, up to 5.5 mm long and 3.5 mm wide. (from JSTOR website / Flora of Tropical East Africa) Perennial herb, with a taproot not thicker than a finger. Stems several to many, slender, prostrate to twining, up to 3 m long, pilose or glabrescent. Leaf lamina ovate, rarely linear-oblong, 2.5–8.5 x 0.4–7 cm, acuminate or apiculate at the apex, cordate at the base, sometimes sagittate, entire or slightly undulate and often ciliate along the margin, pubescent or glabrescent on both surfaces; petiole up to 11 cm long, pubescent or glabrescent as in the stems. Inflorescences 1-several-flowered; peduncle slender, 1–8 cm long, glabrous or shortly hairy; bracteoles minute, narrow, acute; pedicels 1–2 cm long, sometimes minutely verrucose, shortly hairy or glabrous, at first erect but in fruit reflexed and thickened towards the apex. Sepals subequal, oavte, ovate-orbicular, ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, 4–8 mm long, acute or apiculate, glabrous to pilose, in fruit all somewhat accrescent, ultimately often spreading or reflexed. Corolla funnel-shaped, yellow, orange, cream or white, concolorous or with purple centre, 1 .5–2.5 cm long, glabrous or the midpetaline areas thinly hairy towards the apices. Capsule globose, tipped with persistent style base. Seeds ovoid, black, appressed pubescent or velvety. (from JSTOR website / Flora Zambesiaca) Perennial herb; stems prostrate or twining, up to 1 m or more long, pubescent to almost glabrous. Leaf-blades ovate or rarely linear-oblong, 2.7–9 x 0.4–7.5 cm, cordate at the base, acuminate or apiculate at the apex, pubescent to almost glabrous; petiole up to 8 cm long. Cymes 1–several-flowered; peduncle 0.5–4 cm long; pedicels 1–2.5 cm long. Sepals narrowly to broadly ovate, 4–8 mm long, acute or apiculate at the apex, glabrous to pilose. Corolla yellow, orange, cream or white, with purplish centre, 1.4–2.5 cm long, funnel-shaped. Capsule globose, glabrous, 8–12 mm in diam. Seeds up to 5.5 mm long, black, pubescent. (from JSTOR website / Flora Somalia) |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie |
| Content last updated: | 22 Nov 2011 |
