About Jacquemontia abutiloides Benth.
This perennial plant species, Jacquemontia abutiloides Benth., has a woody base and can develop a shrubby growth habit. Its upper stems are vining, and the plant is covered in moderately tomentose leaves. The leaves are petiolate, with smooth entire margins, and have a cordate base. This species blooms from September through June. Its flowers range in color from blue to white, and have a campanulate-rotate shape, meaning they are bell-shaped or spreading like a wheel, with a very short corolla tube. Jacquemontia abutiloides is endemic to Mexico, native to the Mexican states of Baja California, Baja California Sur, and Sonora. Its range extends from the extreme southeast of Baja California state south to the Cape region of Baja California Sur. It grows on Magdalena and Santa Margarita islands off the Pacific Coast of the Baja California peninsula, and also grows on several Gulf of California islands, including Tiburon Island in Sonora.
