Pan India Bouquets

Convolvulus rhyniospermus Hochst. ex Choisy

Family : CONVOLVULACEAE
(Morning-Glory Family)
Family (Hindi name) : KALADANA FAMILY (कालादाना फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : CONVOLVULACEAE
Synonym(s) : Convolvulus blatteri Bhandari
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Convolvulus rhyniospermus Choisy
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Dry bushland in sandy soil
Comments / notes : Resembles Convolvulus glomeratus but can be distinguished by its subsessile few-flowered heads and smaller corolla
Flower, Fruit : December
Distribution :
- Gujarat : Saurashtra - Kutch district
Native : Afghanistan, Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan, West Himalaya, Yemen
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : North-East Tropical Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Afghanistan to North-West India
Literature : Shah G. L. (1978). Flora of Gujarat State Part 1. University Press Sardar Patel University: 463
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Convolvulus rhyniospermus. Downloaded on 7 December 2023.