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Synonyms: | |
Common names: | Tiger-foot morning-glory (English) |
Frequency: | Frequent |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Prostrate or trailing annual or sometimes perennial. Stems up to 3 m, covered in long, yellowish bristly hairs. Leaves palmately-pedately 7-9-lobed, cordate at the base, thinly hairy on both surfaces. Flowers in few-flowered heads on long (up to 15 cm) peduncles. Corolla funnel-shaped, white, pink or purple with a darker throat. Capsule ovoid, glabrous. |
Notes: | |
Derivation of specific name: | pes-tigridis: a tiger's foot, referring to the shape of the hairy leaves. |
Habitat: | In savanna scrub, grassland, cultivated ground and forest margins. |
Altitude range: | Up to 1050 m |
Flowering time: | |
Worldwide distribution: | West and East Africa to South Africa, Mascarene Islands, Tropical Asia and Malaysia. |
Mozambique distribution: | N,Z,T,MS,GI,M |
Growth form(s): | |
Endemic status: | |
Red data list status: | |
Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: | Sunday 27 November 2011 |
Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 34. As Ipomoea pestigridis pestigridis Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Pages 81 - 83. (Includes a picture). Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 160. (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. Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 55. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 50. |
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