Ipomoea linosepala
alpina
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SRGH
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SRGH
Photo: Mark Hyde
SRGH
Photo: Mark Hyde
SRGH
Photo: Mark Hyde
SRGH
Habit
Open wooded grassland
Libuli area, Kawambwa Distr.
Jan 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flowers
Open wooded grassland
Libuli area, Kawambwa Distr.
Jan 2020
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Synonyms: |
Ipomoea alpina Rendle Ipomoea hockii De Wild. |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Perennial herb with erect or semiprostrate stems up to 25 cm tall, growing from a tuberous rootstock. Leaves linear to oblong, 1.7-9 cm long, more or less densely bristly hairy on both surfaces, particularly on the margin and veins beneath; petiole 2-5 mm long. Flowers solitary in the upper leaf axils on a peduncle up to 3 cm long; bracts linear up to 2 cm long. Sepala linear-triangular, 0.8-1.7 cm long, bristly hairy. Corolla tubular, little expanded above, 1.8-3.7 cm long, orange-yellow, pale yellow or white, hairless except for mid-petaline areas below the apices. Capsule globose, hairless. |
| Type location: |
DRC |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | In woodland and grassland on sandy soils. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1050 - 1450 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Shaba-DRC. |
| FZ divisions: | T |
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| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Thursday 28 July 2016 |
| Literature: |
Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 114 - 115. as Ipomoea alpina (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 131. also as Ipomoea alpina Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Pages 73 - 75. As Ipomoea alpina (Includes a picture). Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 88. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 71. as Ipomoea alpina |
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Flora of Zambia: Ipomoea linosepala subsp. alpina
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