Ipomoea gracilisepala Rendle

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Synonyms:	Ipomoea lyciifolia Merxm. Ipomoea xiphosepala Baker
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Status:	Native
Description:	Trailing herb with procumbent stems, up to 1.1 m long. Leaves oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate, 2-7 cm long, usually hastate or auricled at the base, more or less sparsely hairy; margin entire or somewhat repand; petiole 5-10 mm long. Flowers in 1-2-flowered subsessile clusters, axillary. Corolla narrowly funnel-shaped, 12-15 mm long, white or mauve. Capsule spherical, hairy. Seeds brown with appressed stiff hairs.
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Derivation of specific name:	gracilisepala: with slender (graceful) sepals
Habitat:	Occurring in grassland and damp soil near rivers.
Altitude range: (metres)	1400 - 1530 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Zimbabwe and Mpumalanga and Free State, South Africa
Zimbabwe distribution:	W,C
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