Ipomoea (Ipomoea crassipes)

open bloom

by ByndeweedBeth Oct 29, 2007 5:33 PM

bloom

by ByndeweedBeth Oct 29, 2007 5:33 PM

bloom side view showing sepals

by ByndeweedBeth Oct 29, 2007 5:33 PM

flower bud

by ByndeweedBeth Oct 29, 2007 5:33 PM

Inner and outer sepals

by ByndeweedBeth Nov 5, 2007 9:23 PM

Blooms and buds

by ByndeweedBeth Nov 5, 2007 9:23 PM

sepals

by ByndeweedBeth Nov 5, 2007 9:24 PM

The mature seedpod explosively shoot the seeds (tethered in pairs) across the room when mature.

by ByndeweedBeth Nov 21, 2007 8:13 PM

The empty seepod shows the membrane that divides the seeds into pairs.

by ByndeweedBeth Nov 21, 2007 8:13 PM

Here is the fat portion of the root that is above ground.

by ByndeweedBeth Nov 22, 2007 4:25 AM

magnified seeds.

by ByndeweedBeth Nov 29, 2007 1:56 AM

Ipomoea crassipes cotyledon

by luvsgrtdanes Jan 27, 2009 6:00 AM