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Mallow bindweed

Convolvulus althaeoides

Also called Mallow Leaved Bindweed, Mallow Leaf Bindweed

Mallow bindweed
Photo: User:Tigerente, CC BY 2.5

Mallow bindweed is a climbing perennial morning glory from the Mediterranean, grown for its pink funnel-shaped flowers. It is a scrambler that needs sun and well-drained soil, and it can spread widely.

Family
Convolvulaceae (Morning-glory family)
Grows as
Climber, Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately while establishing, then allow the soil to dry between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, light or sandy soil.
Temperature
15–30 °C; tolerates mild frost but protect below about -5 °C.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Macaronesia, Medit. to Chad
Climate
subtropical

About

Convolvulus althaeoides is a species of morning glory known by the common names mallow bindweed and mallow-leaved bindweed. This flowering plant is native to the Mediterranean Basin, but it is occasionally seen in other areas of similar climate, such as California in the United States, where it has been introduced. This is a climbing perennial plant with solitary flowers on long peduncles. The flower is a funnel-shaped pink bloom three or four centimeters wide. The leaves are deeply divided into narrow, fingerlike lobes.

Other Convolvulus plants

Field Bindweed · Silverbush · Ground Blue Convolvulus · Scammony · Convolvulus sepium · Bindweed

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Convolvulus althaeoides by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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