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Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Convolvulus sabatius Viv., Fl. Libyc. Spec. 67 (1824)
Vernacular Name(s):
Bindweed; Moroccan glory vine
Description
Perennial herb, forming dense mats, and producing numerous trailing, slender, hairy, nearly terete stems. Petiole very short. Lamina 1.5–4 × 1–2.6 cm, broad-ovate, elliptic or oblong-elliptic, entire, hairy, especially on margins; base truncate; apex rounded or obtuse. Fls axillary, usually solitary. Peduncles > subtending lvs; pedicels slender, hairy. Bracts 6–10 mm long, narrow-linear, hairy, situated c. 5 mm below calyx. Sepals 5–9 mm long, lanceolate, hairy, subequal, the 2 inner sepals narrower and ± acuminate. Corolla 1.7–2 × 2.3–3 cm, broadly funnelform, deep blue inside, with white mid-petaline bands outside and white eye in centre. Stamens unequal; filaments glandular-puberulent towards base. Stigmas filiform, only slightly < style. Capsule not seen.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
Phenology
Flowering: Sep.–Feb.
Bibliography
Viviani, D. 1824: Florae Libycae Specimen: sive, Plantarum enumeratio Cyrenaicam, Pentapolim, Magnae Syrteos desertum et regionem tripolitanam incolentium quas ex siccis speciminibus delineavit, descripsit et ære insculpi curavit Dominicus Viviani. Typographia Pagano, Genoa.
Wood, J.R.; Williams, B.R.; Mitchell, T.C.; Carine, M.A.; Harris, D.J.; Scotland, R.W. 2015: A foundation monograph of Convolvulus L. (Convolvulaceae). PhytoKeys 18(51): 1–282.
