Ipomoea blepharophylla Hallier f.

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Cleveland Dam, Harare

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Road from Penhalonga to Small Bridge Dam

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Kopje Tops, Mavhuradonha Wilderness Area

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By the road from Nyanga to Troutbeck

Habit
Margin of grassland and degraded Kalahari scrubland
Mangango, Kaoma District
Jan 2024
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Flower
Margin of grassland and degraded Kalahari scrubland
Mangango, Kaoma District
Jan 2024
Photo: Nick Wightman

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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:	Ethiopia
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	blepharophylla: with fringed leaves, referring to the ciliate margins.
Habitat:	On sandy soils in woodland and grassland.
Altitude range: (metres)	750 - 1650 m
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution:	West Africa to Sudan, Ethiopa and south to Zimbabwe and Mozambique
FZ divisions:	T
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Images last updated:	Saturday 17 May 2008
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. Maquet, P. (1985). Convolvulaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume III Page 254. Mwanga Mwanga, I.J.-C., Sosef, M.S.M. & Simoes, A.R.G., (2022). Convolvulaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale Nouvelle Serie Jardin Botanique Meise, Belgique Pages 214 - 216. (Includes a picture). Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 87. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 43.

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