Iopomoea pes-tigridis L.

Common Name : Tiger foot morning glory
Family : Convolvulaceae

HABIT

ANNUAL VINE.

STEMS

SPREADING OR CLIMBING, WITH LONG, SPREADING YELLOW HAIRS.

LEAVES

UP TO 11 CM LONG AND 13 CM WIDE, SOMETIMES ENTIRE BUT USUALLY DEEPLY PALMATELY 5-9-LOBED, LOBES NARROWLY OVAL TO ABOVATE, NARROWED ABOVE AND BELOW, 1.6-7 CM LONG AND 1-2.8 CM WIDE, THINLY PUBESCENT TO STRIGOSE ON BOTH SURFACES.

FLOWERS

INFLORESCENCE FEW-FLOWERED BRACTEATE HEAD ON PUBESCENT PEDUNCLE UP TO 14 CM LONG; FLOWERS WHITE, PINK OR PURPLE, IF COLOURED THEN WITH A DARKER THROAT, FUNNEL-SHAPED, 3.5-5 CM LONG.

FRUITS

CAPSULAR, OVOID, PAPERY, BROWN, GLABROUS, 0.8-0.9 CM LONG AND ABOUT 0.5 CM IN DIAMETER.

SEEDS

BLACK, 0.4 CM LONG, USUALLY GREY PUBESCENT.