Sicilian winds

Sicilian winds
	Sicilian Winds ( Convolvulus siculus )
Systematics
	Asterids
	Euasterids I
Order :	Nightshade (Solanales)
Family :	Bindweed family (Convolvulaceae)
Genre :	Winds ( convolvulus )
Type :	Sicilian winds
Scientific name
	Convolvulus siculus
	L.

The Sicilian winch ( Convolvulus siculus ) is a plant type from the family of wind plants (Convolvulaceae).

description

The Sicilian Winds is a graceful, annual plant that reaches heights of 10 to 40 centimeters. The leaves are stalked, pointed ovoid and heart-shaped or rounded at the base. The flowers are arranged individually on thin stems and are shorter than the corresponding leaves. The crown is blue, the corolla tube yellow. The crown is 7 to 12 millimeters long and clearly five-lobed.

The flowering period extends from March to May.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 22 or 44.

Sicilian Winds ( Convolvulus siculus )

Occurrence

The Sicilian wind occurs in the Mediterranean basin on open rocky areas and wasteland.

Systematics

One can distinguish the following subspecies:

Convolvulus siculus subsp. elongatus Batt. (Syn .: Convolvulus siculus subsp. Agrestis (Schweinf.) Verdc. ): It occurs in northeastern and eastern tropical Africa, on the Arabian Peninsula, in central India, in the Mediterranean region and on the Canary Islands.
Convolvulus siculus subsp. siculus : It occurs in Macaronesia, in the Mediterranean area to Iran and on the northern Arabian Peninsula.

literature

Ingrid Schönfelder and Peter Schönfelder : Kosmos-Atlas Mediterranean and Canary Islands flora . Franckh-Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-440-06223-6 .

Individual evidence

^ Convolvulus siculus at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
↑ ^a ^b ^c Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Convolvulus siculus. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved November 21, 2017.

Web links

Commons : Sicilian Winds ( Convolvulus siculus ) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Thomas Meyer, Michael Hassler: Mediterranean flora. [1]

[IPCN-1] Convolvulus siculus at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis

[WCSP-2] Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Convolvulus siculus. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved November 21, 2017.