Flowers; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 9/2009 © Jingxin Liu
Flower; Simpang Empat, West Sumatra, Indonesia; 7/1998 © Jörn Germer
Foliage; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 9/2009 © Jingxin Liu
Habit; Simpang Empat, West Sumatra, Indonesia; 7/1998 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 1505 Date of entry: 05.01.2011 Last update: 16.02.2020
Kingdom: Plantae (2635)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2573)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2146)
Order: Solanales (96)
Family: Convolvulaceae (42)(family description)
Genus: Argyreia (3)
Epithet: capitiformis (Poir.) Ooststr. (1)
capitiformis => headed, head-shaped
Climate: tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: violet
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