Brazilian dwarf morning-glory (Evolvulus glomeratus) is a low, spreading evergreen subshrub with blue funnel-shaped flowers that open in the morning and close by evening. Give it full sun and well-drained soil, and it will bloom from summer into fall.
Family
Convolvulaceae (Morning-glory family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water when the top few centimetres of soil are dry; it tolerates drought once established.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or loamy soil; tolerates poor soil.
Temperature
18–32 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Easy
Native range
S. Trop. America
Climate
seasonally dry tropical
About
Evolvulus glomeratus, commonly known as blue daze, Brazilian dwarf morning-glory, or Hawaiian blue eyes, is flowering plant from the family Convolvulaceae that is native to Brazil, Guyana, Bolivia and Venezuela.
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
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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.