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Merremia dissecta (Jacq.) Hallier f.

Alamo Vine, Noyau vine, Correhuela de las Doce
Convolvulaceae (Morning-Glory Family)

USDA Symbol: MEDI2
USDA Native Status: Native to U.S.

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Specimen & Label Data

Merremia dissecta

Alamo Vine

Convolvulaceae

Location: SW of low-water crossing of Salado Creek at Austin Hwy, San Antonio.
 Latitude: 0.000000

Habitat: Clamboring in low shrubs, full sun. In damp, alluvial creek floodplain.

Description: Trailing, clamboring vine (no tendrils). Leaves orbicular overall, but deeply cleft into 5-(mostly 7) lobes, the lobes dentate to pinnatifid. Flowers open in heat of the day only (this specimen collected in early morning). Peduncles 1-2 flowered. Corolla tubular, white limbed w/purple center.

County: Bexar
 Collector: Harry Cliffe
 Collection Date: Oct 12, 1994
 Specimen number: 720

Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
 Herbarium ID: 1002
 Accession Date: Jan 24, 1995
 Accession Number: 78

Annotations: SCFXB (In flower & fruit) [=Ipomoea sinuta]

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