Evolvulus convolvuloides
Taxon 21: 649. 1972.
Common names: Bindweed dwarf morning glory
Basionym: Nama convolvuloides Willdenow in J. J. Roemer et al. Syst. Veg. 6: 189. 1820
Synonyms: Evolvulus glaber Sprengel
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 14.
Annuals or perennials; herbage glabrous or sparsely hairy and glabrescent, hairs appressed. Stems usually procumbent or prostrate, sometimes decumbent, 10–30+ cm. Leaves: blade usually ovate, rarely lanceolate or ± orbiculate, 8–25 × 5–15 mm. Inflorescences 2- or 3-flowered or flowers solitary; peduncles plus pedicels filiform, 10–25+ mm. Flowers: sepals lanceolate, lanceolate-ovate, or oblong, 2.5–3.5 mm; corolla pale blue or white, campanulate or rotate, limb 8–10 mm diam.
Phenology: Flowering May–Feb.
Habitat: Saline beaches, limestone, hammocks.
Elevation: 0–10 m.
Distribution
Fla., La., West Indies, South America.
Discussion
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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