Ipomoea bolusiana
Convolvulaceae Ipomoeeae
As at April 2024, 12 herbarium specimens, 9 photo records
South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Also occurs outside southern Africa
Found within protected areas: Mlawula
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Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Ipomoea bolusiana - Branches trailing with spaced leaves, bearing short erect densely leafy lateral flowering shoots. Very thinly hairy. Leaf-stalk c 1 cm long; blade divided into three narrow lobes, up to 6 cm long X 3 mm wide, central lobe longest. Flower erect, stalk short; calyx lobes narrow, c 1 cm long; corolla funnel-shaped, c 4 cm long, c 4 cm diam at mouth, pink, magenta or purple.
* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.
Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.
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