Vasilis Teodoridis:
Convolvulaceae | Evolvulus
1. Evolvulus alsinoides (Linnaeus) Linnaeus; Sp. Pl.; ed. 2. 392. 1762.
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Herbs perennial. Stems several to numerous; prostrate or ascending; slender; with appressed and spreading hairs. Leaves petiolate or subsessile; 0.7-2.5 cm X 5-10 mm. Cymes 1- to few flowered; peduncles filiform; 2.5-3.5 cm; bracts linear-subulate to linear-lanceolate; 1.5-4 mm. Sepals lanceolate; 3-4 mm; villous. Corolla rotate; 7-10 mm in diam. Stamens included; filaments filiform; adnate to base of corolla tube. Ovary glabrous. Styles 2; free. Capsule globose; 4-valved. Seeds 4 or fewer; black; smooth. Fl. and fr. year round. 2n = 26.
Sandy soil; dry slopes; cultivated areas; maritime areas; grasslands; thickets; roadsides; 0-1800 m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; Qinghai; Sichuan; Taiwan; Xizang; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Bangladesh; Cambodia; India; Indonesia; Japan (Ryukyu Islands); Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Philippines; Thailand; Vietnam; Africa; Australia; North America; Pacific Islands; South America]