Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Jacquemontia pentanthos (Jacq.) G.Don

 

Family: Convolvulaceae

Synonym:  Jacquemontia violacea (Vahl) Choisy

Habit: Climbing herb

Habitat: Pine rocklands, edges of rockland hammocks, disturbed openings in hammocks and Keys cactus barrens.

Flowering & Fruiting: June-August.

Distribution: Dry tropical biome

Key identification features: Sky blue Cluster vine is a handsome light climber. The stems are herbaceous, velvet-hairy to hairless. Flowers are borne in dense cymes, usually with 1-2 flowers opening at any one time. Flower mostly blue, sometimes white. Fruit is capsular, spherical, brown, hairless. Seeds are brown, hairless.



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