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Electronic Flora of South Australia genus Fact Sheet

Family: Convolvulaceae
Evolvulus

Citation: L., Sp. Pl. edn 2:391 (1762).

Derivation: Latin evolvere, to unroll; referring to their non-twining habit.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Perennial herbs or subshrubs with ascending or prostrate stems, hairs 2-branched; leaves entire.

Inflorescence axillary, with solitary flowers or cymose, bracteolate; sepals 5, free; corolla rotate, entire to 5-lobed, with pilose mid-petaline bands; stamens exserted, 5; filaments glabrous; pollen smooth; ovary glabrous, rarely pilose, 2-celled, with 2 ovules per cell; styles 2, 2-branched, each branch with a long linear stigma.

Capsule globular, dehiscing into 4 valves, seeds usually 4, glabrous.

Distribution:  About 100 species, mainly from tropical and subtropical America, 1 native to Australia.

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available


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