Merremia aegyptia

(Linnaeus) Urban

Symb. Antill. 4: 505. 1910.

Common names: Hairy wood-rose
Introduced
Basionym: Ipomoea aegyptia Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 1: 162. 1753
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 14.

Stems usually hirsute. Leaf blades ± orbiculate, palmately compound, 25–150 × 25–170 mm, (3–)5(–7)-foliolate; leaflets elliptic to oblanceolate, margins dentate or entire, sur­faces sparsely to densely hir­sute, glabrescent. Inflorescences 2–3+-flowered cymes or flowers solitary. Flowers: sepals oblong, 20 mm, apex acute, abaxial surface hirsute, glabrescent; corolla white, 20–40 × 20–30 mm.


Phenology: Flowering Oct–Feb.
Habitat: Disturbed sites, fields, roadsides.
Elevation: 0–10 m.

Distribution

Introduced; Fla., Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America, introduced also in Old World subtropics and tropics.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Merremia aegyptia"
Daniel F. Austin† +
(Linnaeus) Urban +
Ipomoea aegyptia +
Hairy wood-rose +
Fla. +, Mexico +, West Indies +, Central America +, South America +  and introduced also in Old World subtropics and tropics. +
0–10 m. +
Disturbed sites, fields, roadsides. +
Flowering Oct–Feb. +
Symb. Antill. +
Introduced +
Merremia aegyptia +
Merremia +
species +