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Ipomoea capillacea

Botanic Family

Convolvulaceae

Author

(Kunth) G. Don

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Peru
• Arizona
• Colorado
• New Mexico
• Texas - USA
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest edge
• riverside

Flowering Times

• Jun-Sep

Fruiting Times

• Jun-Sep

Erect herb with tuberous roots, climbing stem tips with glabrous branches. Palmate leaves to 14mm long. 25mm axillary solitary red & purple flowers, sepals to 6mm long, pink to purple corolla to 30mm long. Fruits to 5mm long,

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• G. Don
• FOPE
• Kew
• Standley