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Status: | Native |
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Perennial herb with slender prostrate or twining stems up to 1 m long, often tinged purplish, growing from a tuberous root-stock. Leaves linear, lanceolate to ovate, 3–10 cm long, thinly textured; becoming hairless or hairy along the margins; margin entire; petiole 2–15 mm long, hairy. Flowers usually solitary, rarely paired, fading early in the morning; peduncle 0.3–2 cm long. Sepals ovate or orbicular, 6–8 mm long, with reddish papillae, more rarely almost smooth, hairy or becoming hairless. Corolla funnel-shaped, crimson, rose or mauve or limb white and tube coloured, 5–7·5 cm long; tube rather dilated in middle. Capsule globose, hairless. |
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Habitat: | In woodland and grassland, usually on sandy ground. |
Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1800 m |
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Worldwide distribution: | From West Africa to DRC, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N,C,E |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Wednesday 23 June 2021 |
Literature: |
Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Page 96. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 36. |
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