Evolvulus

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Evolvulus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Evolvulus (to unroll, because not twining as in Convolvulus). Convolvulaceae. Prostrate or erect annual or perennial herbs or sub-shrubs, rarely planted or grown in greenhouses. The genus differs from Convolvulus in having 2 styles 2-cleft, stigmas always narrow, corolla often open or rotate, and not twining: Lvs. entire, small: fls. small, in summer and autumn; sepals 5, the calyx not bracted at base; corolla blue, rose or white, Dangled or shortly 5-lobed. The species are about 80; in warm regions, several in the U. S. E. purpuro-coeruleus, Hook., of Jamaica, appears to be the only species prominently mentioned horticulturally, and this is seldom planted: 1-2 ft., woody at base: Lvs. small, lanceolate-acute: fls. purplish, terminal, the corolla rotate, white-centered and purple-rayed. B.M. 4202. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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