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Dwarf morning-glory

Convolvulus tricolor

Also called Tricolour Convolvulus

Dwarf morning-glory
Photo: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Convolvulaceae (Morning-glory family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
Macaronesia, W. & C. Medit. to Mauritania
Climate
subtropical

About

Convolvulus tricolor (syn. C. minor) is a species of flowering plant in the family Convolvulaceae, native to Mediterranean Europe. Common names include dwarf morning-glory, tricolour convolvulus, and belle de jour.

How to grow it

Convolvulus tricolor is usually cultivated for ornamental purposes. The species and the cultivar 'Blue Ensign' have both received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Where it grows

Common on cultivated land, dry open habitats, sandy places and roadsides.

Other Convolvulus plants

Mallow bindweed · Blushing Bindweed · Field Bindweed · Convolvulus aschersonii · Cantabrian Bindweed · Desert Bindweed · Silverbush · Texas bindweed · Convolvulus erinaceus · Pinkflower bindweed · Wild Bindweed · Convolvulus fernandesii

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Convolvulus tricolor by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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