Английская Википедия:Comesperma volubile

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Comesperma volubile, commonly known as love creeper,[1] is a slender climber in the family Polygalaceae. It is a twining plant with linear leaves and pea-like blue flowers.[2]

Description

Comesperma voluble is a twining creeper to about Шаблон:Cvt high on rare occasion a small shrublet with smooth, angled stems. There are few leaves, linear to oval-shaped, Шаблон:Cvt long, Шаблон:Cvt wide, lower surface pale, margins curved or rolled under. The flowers are in lateral racemes Шаблон:Cvt long, the sepals are separated, outer three broadly oval-shaped, about Шаблон:Cvt long, wings oval-shaped to nearly orb-shaped, Шаблон:Cvt long, keel darker, Шаблон:Cvt long, upper petals egg-shaped to oblong. Flowering occurs mainly August to November and the fruit is a narrow wedge-shaped capsule, Шаблон:Cvt long.[2]

Taxonomy and naming

Comersperma voluble was first formally described in 1806 by Jacques Labillardière, and the description was published in Novæ Hollandiæ plantarum specimen.[3][4] The specific epithet (volubile) means "twining".[5]

Distribution and habitat

Love creeper occurs in heathland and forest in the states of Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland, in Australia.[6]

References

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