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Ipomoea hederacea

Botanic Family

Convolvulaceae

Author

(Linnaeus) Jacquin

Cultivated

C, ornamental with cultivars

Common Names

• Batatilla (Colombia)

Geographical Habitats

• Mexico

Natural Habitats

• Thickets

Flowering Times

• Jul-Oct (Mexico)

Fruiting Times

Downy twining annual plant, leaves hairy to 120mm long. Blue flowers with paler tube, corolla 5-lobed, sepals densely bearded at base to 30mm long, corolla to 35mm long with white or pink tube with purple limb to 40mm across. Fruit a capsule to 10mm across

Further References

• G. Don
• Botanicus
• FOSEUS
• Kew