Ipomoea pilosa Sw.

 
  • Family : CONVOLVULACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Convolvulaceae
  • Species : Ipomoea pilosa
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Ipomoea arachnosperma Welw.
  • Common name : Morning Glory, Gazelle's cotton
  • Collection Nos : CS 1903
  • Key identification features : Stem twining, glandular hairy. Leaves are simple, broad, with acute apex, white wooly beneath. Flowers axillary, 1-4 flowered cyme. Corolla funnel shaped, creamish-white to pink coloured. Mouth 5-lobed with tube upto 2 cm long. Capsule globose, glabrous with seeds 4, ovoid and softly hairy.
  • Habit : Climber
  • Native : India, Sri Lanka
  • Comments : Occasional in scrub and open places.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Collection Locality : Dangs, Maharasthra
  • Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Bellary
  • Floras referred : Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis

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