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Water morningglory

(Ipomoea setifera)

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Description

“Pet poisonous” – Toxic parts: seeds, roots Ipomoea setifera is a herbaceous, climbery plant whose stems are short-bristly hairy to uncavened and sometimes short-stemmed. The hairless leaves are arrow-shaped, egg-shaped, heart-shaped or triangular-spear-shaped, and 7 to 14 cm long. The base of the leaf is formed by two round, blunt or pointed lobes, towards the front they are pointed to blunt and spiky. The inflorescences consist of one to seven blossoms and two boat-shaped, pointed tips . The sepals are unequally shaped. The outer three are broadly egg-shaped, 1.5 to 2 cm long, winged at the base and traversed by distinct longitudinal leaf veins. The crown is rose-pink, funnel-shaped and 7 to 9 cm long, the crown is 4 to 5 cm wide and five-pointed. The fruits are four-ply capsules with two seed chambers. The four seeds are gray-brown and finely filthy.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Solanales
Family:Convolvulaceae
Genus:Ipomoea
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