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FNA | Family List | FNA Vol. 14 | Convolvulaceae | Evolvulus

1. Evolvulus convolvuloides (Willdenow) Stearn, Taxon. 21: 649. 1972.

Bindweed dwarf morning glory

Nama convolvuloides Willdenow in J. J. Roemer et al., Syst. Veg. 6: 189. 1820; Evolvulus glaber Sprengel

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.

Flowering May–Feb. Saline beaches, limestone, ham­mocks; 0–10 m; Fla., La.; West Indies; South America.


 

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