Convolvulus simulans
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Convolvulus simulans is a kind ofplantfrom the genus of the bindweed ( Convolvulus ) from the family of the bindweed family (Convolvulaceae).
description
Convolvulus simulans is an annual , stiff hairy plant that is indistinctly branched and 10 to 40 cm high. The leaves are entire, shorter than 6 cm and, conversely, lanceolate. The leaf blade gradually tapers to the petiole .
The flowers stand individually on short peduncles , which are strongly nodding on the fruit. The flowers are accompanied by bracts , which are 3 to 7 mm long and linear or narrow, inversely lanceolate in shape and well below the calyx .
The calyx lobes have a length of 3 to 4 mm and are elongated and inverted ovoid. The bell-shaped, pink or bluish colored crown reaches a length of 0.6 cm; the corolla lobes are about half as long as the corolla tube and more or less upright.
The fruits are about 7 mm long.
Occurrence and locations
The species is endemic to California and Lower California . It grows on moist clay soil and serpentine rocks at altitudes between 30 and 700 m.
literature
- Lauramay T. Dempster: Convolvulus simulans . In: James C. Hickman (Ed.): The Jepson Manual - Higher Plants of California , University of California Press, 1993, ISBN 978-0-520-08255-7 .