Jacquemontia pentanthos (Jacq.) G.Don
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Convolvulaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Slender, glabrate or densely pubescent, 0.5-2 m. long, sometimes much branched. Leaves ovate, 2-4 cm. long, slender-petioled, entire or slightly repand, acute or acuminate at the apex, cordate at the base; peduncles slender, mostly as long as the leaves or longer; cymes dense, several-flowered; pedicels usually shorter than the calyx; sepals ovate to lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 5-7 mm. long, the outer broader than the inner; corolla blue, rarely white, 2-3 cm. broad; capsule subglobose, about as long as the sepals or a little shorter.
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Distribution
Anguilla Isles: Florida; West Indies and continental tropical America. Blue Jacquemontia.
Anguilla South America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies|