Family | CONVOLVULACEAE |
Genus species | Convolvulus mauritanicus Boiss. |
Bibliography | Voy. Bot. Espagne 1: 418 (1841) |
Native Range | nw. Africa |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves alternate, elliptic-spathulate, subsessile, obtuse, mucronate, entire, uninerved, flowers solitary, pedicellate, axillary, corolla turbinate, 2-3cm across |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring after soaking in water cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Convolvulus sabatius var. atlanticus Ball Convolvulus sabatius ssp. mauritanicus (Boiss.) Murb. Convolvulus sabatius var. mauritanicus (Boiss.) Sa´ad |
Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, MOR Morocco) |