Rock Rosemary
Merremia quinquefolia
- Habit
- Climber
- Flowering
- April-September
How to identify Rock Rosemary
Identify Rock Rosemary by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a climber habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Leaves divided into five leaflets.
- Confirm leaf shape: Palmately lobed (hand-like), 5 leaflets.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: April-September.
- Confirm it sits within the Convolvulaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Rock Rosemary.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Merremia quinquefolia
- Genus
- Merremia
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Distribution
- India
- Flowering & fruiting
- April-September
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Palmately lobed (hand-like), 5 leafletsrecorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Rock Rosemary itself; the rest are typical of the Convolvulaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Rock Rosemary itself; the rest are typical of the Convolvulaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Rock Rosemary
Rock Rosemary (Merremia quinquefolia) is a climber in the Convolvulaceae family. Flowering and fruiting run from April to September.
Convolvulaceae
Morning glory family
Rock Rosemary belongs to the Convolvulaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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