Common name
English: Blue Dawn Flower
German: Prunkwinde
Portuguese: Bons Dias
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (1919)
Phylum: Magnoliophyta (1830)
Class: Magnoliopsida (1545)
Order: Solanales (71)
Family: Convolvulaceae (30) (family description)
Genus: Ipomoea (13)
Epithet: acuminata (Vahl) Roemer & J.A. Schultes (2)
Synonym: Ipomoea indica (Burm. f.) Merr.
acuminata => long pointed
indica => from or referring in some way to India
Characteristics
Climate: sub-tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: blue, purple, violet, pink
External links
Check for Ipomoea acuminata at The Plant List, GBIF or IPNI
Literature
- [31] Canzobre, H.L., SamartÃn, L.A. (1998): GuÃa da flora do litoral galego. Edicións Xerais de Galicia, Vigo, Spain.
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