Convolvulus microphyllus Sieber ex Spreng.

 
  • Family : CONVOLVULACEAE
    (Morning-Glory Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KALADANA FAMILY (कालादाना फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Convolvulaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Convolvulus parvifolius Spreng.; Convolvulus austroaegyptiacus Abdallah & Sa'ad; Convolvulus evolvuloides Boiss.; Convolvulus scindicus Boiss.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Convolvulus prostratus Forssk.
  • Habit : Climber
  • Habitat : Wastelands
  • Comments / notes : Stems slender, rusty pilose, from a woody stock, erect or spreading
  • Key identification features : Whitish shortly funnel-shaped flowers 1/3 in. long.
  • Flower, Fruit : October-March
  • Collector(s) Name : Saldanha
  • Collection Date : 10/11/1954
  • Collection Nos : CS 1677
  • Collection Locality : Anand
  • Distribution :
    • Maharashtra : Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Nagpur district
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Punjab : Punjab
    • Rajasthan : Jaisalmer district, Barmer district, Bikaner district, Jodhpur district
  • Native : Afghanistan, Algeria, Burkina, Cape Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Gulf States, India, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Nepal, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sinai, Somalia, Sudan, West Himalaya, Yemen
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Literature :
    • Based on herbarium specimen
    • N.P. Singh, P. Lakshminarasimhan, S. Karthikeyan & P. V. Prasanna (2001). Flora of Maharashtra state, Dicotyledones. Vol. 2.pp.450. Botanical survey of India, Govt. India.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Convolvulus microphyllus. Downloaded on 15 October 2024.

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