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Ipomoea echinocalyx

Botanic Family

Convolvulaceae

Author

Meissner

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Minas Gerais - Brazil
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Cleared or disturbed areas
• grassland
• woodland edge
• forest
• scrubby forest

Flowering Times

• Mar-May (Brazil)

Fruiting Times

• Jan

Twining perennial herb to 4m with pubescent bristley stems. Pubescent leaves to 200mm x 150mm. 1-3 flowered axillary cymes of rose-violet flowers to 60mm long, bracteoles to 8mm long, spiny sepals to 25mm x 4mm with white hairs, cream or white corolla to 70mm long with limb 50mm diameter.

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• Neotrop
• FB
• Kew
• KB