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Ipomoea horsfalliae

Botanic Family

Convolvulaceae

Author

Hooker

Propagation

C.L.S.

Cultivated

C, ornamental, with cultivars

Offspring

Ipomoea horsfalliae 'Briggsii'

Common Names

• Lady Doorly Morning-glory
• Cardinal Creeper
• Crimson Ipomoea
• Prince's Vine
• Liane Rouge à Tonnelles (Guadeloupe
• Martinique)
• Batatilla (Puerto Rico)

Geographical Habitats

• Guyana
• Suriname

Natural Habitats

• Dry forest
• montane forest

Flowering Times

• Feb (Puerto Rico)

Fruiting Times

• Feb (Puerto Rico)

Evergreen glabrous slightly woody twining liana. Glabrous leaves to 200mm x 200mm deeply palmately lobed in 3-7 segments. Cymes to 120mm long of pink to crimson or violet-red trumpet flowers to 63mm long, red sepals to 12mm long, pink or pale purple corolla to 18mm wide. Capsule 8mm diameter.

Naturalised in some places

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Herklots 1976
• van der Spuy 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Nicholls 1995
• Llamas 2003
• Bodkin
• The Plant List 2
• G. Don
• JAA
• GBS
• Kew
• SAFIO