Argyreia involucrata
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra
- Flowering
- August-February
How to identify Argyreia involucrata
Identify Argyreia involucrata by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a climbing shrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Showy bracts around flower cluster.
- Confirm leaf shape: Cordate (heart-shaped).
- Confirm flower colour: Pink.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-February.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Maharashtra.
- Confirm it sits within the Convolvulaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Argyreia involucrata.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Argyreia involucrata
- Genus
- Argyreia
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-February
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Cordate (heart-shaped)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Argyreia involucrata itself; the rest are typical of the Convolvulaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Pinkrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Argyreia involucrata itself; the rest are typical of the Convolvulaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Argyreia involucrata
Argyreia involucrata is a climbing shrub in the Convolvulaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka and Maharashtra. Flowering and fruiting run from August to February.
Convolvulaceae
Morning glory family
Argyreia involucrata belongs to the Convolvulaceae family.
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