Native Plants
Merremia dissecta
Merremia dissecta (Jacq.) Hallier f.
Alamo Vine, Noyau Vine, Correhuela De Las Doce
Convolvulaceae (Morning-Glory Family)
USDA Symbol: MEDI2USDA Native Status: L48 (N), PR (N), VI (N)
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]