Family | CONVOLVULACEAE |
Genus species | Convolvulus spinosus Burm.f. |
Bibliography | Fl. Indica: 47 (1768) |
Native Range | Iran to Pakistan |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Description | shortly grey sericeous, erinaceous, branchlets interlaced, leaves minute, elliptic, acute, flowers shortly pedicellate, calyx oblong, hirsute, sepals ovate, imbricate, obtuse |
Size | 15-35cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, dry, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring after soaking in water cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Convolvulus affghanus Vatke Convolvulus genistoides Jaub. & Spach |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |