Comesperma volubile

Comesperma volubile, commonly known as love creeper,[2] is a slender climber in the family Polygalaceae. It is a twining plant with linear leaves and pea-like blue flowers. [3]

Comesperma volubile
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Polygalaceae
Genus: Comesperma
Species:
C. volubile
Binomial name
Comesperma volubile
Occurrence data from AVH

Description

Comesperma voluble is a twining creeper to about 3 m (9.8 ft) high on rare occasion a small shrublet with smooth, angled stems. There are few leaves, linear to oval-shaped, 10–45 mm (0.39–1.77 in) long, 1.5–9 mm (0.059–0.354 in) wide, lower surface pale, margins curved or rolled under. The flowers are in lateral racemes 3–25 cm (1.2–9.8 in) long, the sepals are separated, outer three broadly oval-shaped, about 2 mm (0.079 in) long, wings oval-shaped to nearly orb-shaped, 4–7 mm (0.16–0.28 in) long, keel darker, 3.5–5 mm (0.14–0.20 in) long, upper petals egg-shaped to oblong. Flowering occurs mainly August to November and the fruit is a narrow wedge-shaped capsule, 12–20 mm (0.47–0.79 in) long.[3]

Taxonomy and naming

Comersperma voluble was first formally described in 1806 by Jacques Labillardière, and the description was published in Novæ Hollandiæ plantarum specimen.[4][5] The specific epithet (volubile) means "twining".[6]

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.[7]

References
  1. "Comersperma volubile". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  2. "Comesperma volubile". VIC FLORA-Flora of Victoria. Royal Botanic Garden Victoria.
  3. "Comesperma volubile". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
  4. "Comesperma volubile". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  5. Labillardière, Jacques Julien Houton de (1806), Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen (in Latin), vol. 2, Paris: Ex typographia Dominæ Huzard, p. 24, t. 163, doi:10.5962/BHL.TITLE.62462, OCLC 7841612, Wikidata Q7064396
  6. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 347. ISBN 9780958034180.
  7. Wild Plants of Victoria (database). Viridans Biological Databases & Department of Sustainability and Environment. 2009.


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