Steudel'S Morning-Glory (Ipomoea steudelii)
Description
“Pet poisonous” – Toxic parts: seeds, roots Ipomoea steudelii is a slender climber , whose stems are glabrous and up to 4 m long. The leaves are small and very variable shaped. The leaf blade can be egg-shaped to almost circular in shape, is 0.5 to 2 cm long, full-rim, beech, inverted heart-shaped, two- or four-lobed. The lobes are egg-shaped to elongated or linear and blunt. The leaf base is heart-shaped or rounded. The inflorescences consist of one to four flowers . The inflorescences are short and strong. The sepals are egg-shaped, rounded and about 6 mm long. The crown is 3 to 4 cm long, red, pink, purple, purple or white colored and plate-shaped. The protruding crown is filled with short, rounded lobes. The fruits are egg-shaped, 10 to 15 mm long capsules . The seeds are long-woolly hairy.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Solanales
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Family: Convolvulaceae
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Genus: Ipomoea
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