Ipomoea silvicola
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Ipomoea silvicola is a plant type from the genus of Morningglory ( Ipomoea ) from the family of wind plants (Convolvulaceae). The species is common in America .
description
Ipomoea silvicola is an herbaceous climber . Their stems are hairy with fine hairs. The leaves have long stalks , the leaf blades are thin, circular-heart-shaped, sharply pointed at the tip, with entire margins or often three-lobed and 5 to 13 cm long. The upper side of the leaf is tomentose, the underside of the leaf is similar, but more densely hairy.
The inflorescences consist of one to three flowers , the inflorescence stalks can be shorter or longer than the leaf stalks. The flower stalks are long and slender and hairy with short bristles. The sepals are unequal in size, herbaceous, pointed, 2 to 3 cm long, hairy and densely provided with long, green, thorn-like humps. The crown is bright purple, hairless and 6 to 7 cm long. The coronet is very wide.
distribution
The species is common in Guatemala , Honduras, and southern Mexico . It grows in damp or wet thickets or in thin mixed forests at altitudes between 600 and 2000 m.
literature
- Paul C. Standley, Louis O. Williams: Convolvulaceae . In: Paul C. Standley, Louis O. Williams, and Dorothy N. Gibsons (Eds.): Flora of Guatemala , Fieldiana: Botany, Part IX, Nos. 1-4, 1970-1973.