Nomenclature
Accepted name/Authority/Place of publication:
Convolvulus fruticosus Pallas, Reise 2: 734. 1773.
Description
Habit:
Shrubs or dwarf shrubs, 20–50 cm tall, with densely straggling divaricate branches; branches densely appressed pilose; twigs sometimes with short hard spines, lower leaves sometimes clustered on short shoots.
Leaves:
Leaves nearly sessile, linear-spatulate to linear, rarely oblong-obovate, 22–35(–45) × 4–7 mm, densely appressed pilose, base decurrent, apex acute to obtuse.
Inflorescences:
Pedicel 2–6 mm. Flowers axillary, solitary or 2–4 in a cyme, on a short lateral branch often ending in 1 or 2 spines.
Flowers:
Pedicel 2–6 mm. Flowers axillary, solitary or 2–4 in a cyme, on a short lateral branch often ending in 1 or 2 spines. retuse apically. Disc ring-like. Ovary conical, pubescent; stigmas linear.
Fruits:
Capsule ovoid-acute, 5–7 mm, pubescent distally.
References:
Fang R.C., G. Staples, et al. 1995. Convolvulaceae in P. Raven & C.Y. Wu (eds.) Flora of China 16: 271–325.
Biogeography, Ecology and Natural History
Distribution:
China (Xinjiang), Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, S Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan; SW Asia.
Ecology:
Gravelly
or sandy soils, deserts, mountains, plains; 1400–2000 m.
Phenology:
Flw. Apr-Jul, frt. Jul
References:
Fang R.C., G. Staples, et al. 1995. Convolvulaceae in P. Raven & C.Y. Wu (eds.) Flora of China 16: 271–325.
Other information
Common names and uses:
guan mu xuan hua (Chinese).
Authorship for webpage
Editor:
George Staples, Esmond Er
Contributors:
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