Wild plants in and around Shimane 島根とその周辺の野生植物

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Ipomoea lacunosa f. urpurata / Benibanamameasagao ベニバナマメアサガオ

Bloom time: Summer through Autumn

   
Family:
 
Convolvulaceae /
Hirugaoka


 

Species in the genus Ipomoea:


Ipomoea lacunosa / Mameasagao
IIpomoea lacunosa f. urpurata / Benibanamameasagao
 
   

Ipomoea lacunosa f. urpurata / Benibanamameasagao ベニバナマメアサガオ

 
IIpomoea lacunosa f. urpurata is an annual herb introduced from North America. It is a light reddish-purple form of Ipomoea lacunosa, found on riversides or roadsides. Stems are vines that twine themselves around other vegetation and climb upwards. Leaves are alternate, each aperture in 3-5, in the shape of the heart, with long peduncles. Leaf axils bear funnel-shaped, light red-purple flowers approximately 3 cm in diameter. Bloom time: summer through autumn.
             
                     
                     
                     

AUTUMN #5

 

 

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