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Argyreia

Argyreia sp

Description:

A climbing plant with heart-shaped leaves and lilac/purple flowers.

Habitat:

Growing on the banks of an estuarine stream.

6 Comments

C. Daehler
C. Daehler 11 years ago

There are a lot of Argyreia species in this part of Asia and you won't find photos of most of them on the web yet.

AdamBT
AdamBT 11 years ago

Sorry to hear that!

The photo does look very similar, so I'll go with it.

Interesting website by the way :)

AdamBT
AdamBT 11 years ago

Thanks for the suggestion Jill, I've had a quick look online but I can't find any images which quite match with this one. Either the petals are too separate, or the leaves don't look quite right.

Do you have a photo of your plant?

AdamBT
AdamBT 11 years ago

Thanks for the additional suggestion Alice. Is this species very variable in colour, because the photos I've seen of I. indica show darker colours around the edge with paler colours inside, rather than the opposite as seen in my spotting?

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 11 years ago

It is a type of Morning Glory, but found on the beach in Florida Ipomea indica.

AdamBT
AdamBT 11 years ago

Hi Seema,

Thanks for the suggestion :) but are you sure this is I. violacea - the images I've found all seem to show flowers that are much more blue than this...

AdamBT
Spotted by
AdamBT

Vĩnh Long, Viet Nam

Spotted on Oct 20, 2012
Submitted on Oct 26, 2012

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