Nomenclature
Accepted name/Authority/Place of publication:
Ipomoea racemigera F.Muell. & Tate Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 13: 108 (1890).
Description
Habit:
Pilose annual with twining stems.
Leaves:
Leaves ovate to ovate-elliptic, entire, 2–8 x 1.5–5.5 cm, bluntly acute, mucronate, base cordate, ± glabrous above, moderately pilose below.
Inflorescences:
Inflorescence cymose; peduncle 0–7 mm long, bearing 1-2 flowers; bracteoles narrow-ovate to narrow-triangular, 1.5–3 mm long; pedicel 4–14 mm long.
Flowers:
Outer sepals ovate-triangular, bluntly acute, base truncate to slightly cordate, distinctly ciliate, face sparsely to moderately hairy, 7–9 x 4–6 mm, enlarging to 12 x 7.5 mm at fruiting, inner sepals slightly shorter but narrower, 1.5–3.5 mm broad; corolla funnel-shaped, white, mid-petaline band sparsely hairy, 10–15 mm long, limb 12–22 mm diam.; filaments very unequal, adnate at the base the corolla for c. 1 mm, free for 2–4.5 mm; ovary 2-celled; style 2.5–4 mm long; stigma bigobular.
Fruits:
Capsule ovoid-globular to depressed-globular, with a persistent style base, 6–9 mm high, 5–8.5 mm diam., splitting longitudinally from the base into 4 valves.
Seeds:
Seeds pubescent, with longer hairs along outer ridges.
References:
Johnson, R.W. [unpublished]. Convolvulaceae In eFloraSA [Electronic Flora of South Australia]. http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/factsheets.html
Biogeography, Ecology and Natural History
Distribution:
Australia (Northen Territory; Queensland).
Ecology:
On sandy soils
along watercourses.
Phenology:
Flowers: throughout the year, mainly March-Aug.
References:
Johnson, R.W. [unpublished]. Convolvulaceae In eFloraSA [Electronic Flora of South Australia]. http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/factsheets.html
Other information
Common names and uses:
Inland bell-vine.
Authorship for webpage
Editor:
George Staples, Esmond Er
Contributors:
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