Ipomoea trifida
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Ipomoea trifida is a plant type from the genus of Morningglory ( Ipomoea ) from the family of wind plants (Convolvulaceae). The species is common in America and the West Indies .
description
Ipomoea trifida is an herbaceous , completely hairless climber . The leaves are long stalked , the leaf blade is rounded, heart-shaped, thin and with entire margins or indistinctly lobed. It is suddenly pointed or blunted towards the front.
The inflorescences usually consist of a few flowers . The inflorescence stalks are strong, hollow and 2 to 5 cm long, the flower stalks are strong and 5 to 40 mm long. The sepals are elongated, lanceolate, blunt, with white margins and 6 to 7 mm long. The crown is colored blue with a white crown throat, its length is 5 to 6 cm, the crown hem is 6 to 8 cm wide.
The fruits are spherical-egg-shaped, hairless capsules with a length of 1 to 1.5 cm. The seeds are hairless.
distribution
The species is distributed from Mexico to Costa Rica as well as in South America and the West Indies . It grows in damp thickets, occasionally in hedges or on rubble sites. Occasionally it is also grown as an ornamental plant . It grows at altitudes from 800 to 1850 m.
literature
- Paul Carpenter Standley , Louis Otho 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.