IPOMOEA PLATENSIS
Author:
John Bellenden Ker Gawler, 1818
Family:
CONVOLVULACEAE
Origin:
Elevation:
Publisher:
Ker Gawl. (1818). In: Bot. Reg. T. 383.
Collection number:
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Thickness:
50 Centimetres
Height:
4 Meters
Propagate:
Seeds/Cuttings
CITES:
Synonyms:
Convolvulus platensis, Spreng.
Ipomoea digitata var. septempartita, Meisn.
Ipomoea elegans, A.Dietr.
Ipomoea lineariloba, Peter.
Ipomoea platensis var. erecta, Hassl.
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Ipomoea platensis var. genuina, Hassl.
Ipomoea platensis var. quinquepartita, Hassl.
Ipomoea platensis var. subnovempartita, Hassl.
Ipomoea platensis f. subseptempartita, Hassl.
Modesta congesta, Raf.
This member of the Convolvulaceae family was first described by John Bellenden Ker Gawler in 1818. It is from Paraguay, Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina. Give it a well-drained soil, keep it moist and keep it out of the full sun. The caudex will grow to more than half a meter, the vines reach for more than four meters. The bell-shaped flowers are pink, and it can easy be reproduced by cuttings as well. The generic name Ipomoea is derived from the Greek ἴψ, ἰπός; íps, ipós, meaning 'woodworm', and ὅμοιος; hómoios, meaning 'resembling'. It referring to their twining habit. The species name after Rio de la Plata.
Flower
Pink
Soil
Mix
Water
Maximum
Sun
Medium
