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Convolvulus farinosus

Botanic Family

Convolvulaceae

Author

Linnaeus

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Botswana
• Eritraea
• Ethiopia
• Kenya
• Lesotho
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Rwanda
• Cape Provinces
• Free State
• Natal
• Northern Provinces - South Africa
• Swaziland
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Yemen
• Zaire
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Hedgerows
• montane areas

Flowering Times

• May
• Jun
• Sep
• Oct

Fruiting Times

• Sep

Scandent perennial twining plant with brown-downy or mealy stems, yellow, flesh-coloured or umbels or pale blue flowers, axillary cymes with minute bracts, coriaceous sepals 6mm long, white corolla with brown ribs 10mm long, corolla lobes bearded at top 12mm long, downy peduncles, glabrous brown fruit 8mm diameter, toothed leaves pubescent or glabrous or hairy beneath 75mm long, wrinkled above, veiny beneath

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• G. Don
• Botanicus
• FOTA
• Kew