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ojo de víbora, slender dwarf morning-glory

Habit Perennials; herbage loosely hairy to glabrate, hairs erect to spreading.
Stems

usually ascending, rarely procumbent, 6–50 cm.

Leaves

blade elliptic, lanceolate, oblong, or ovate, 8–22 × 3.5–11 mm.

Inflorescences

2-flowered or flowers solitary;

peduncles plus pedicels filiform, (12–)25–50+ mm.

Flowers

sepals lanceolate, 2–2.5 mm, abaxially glabrous or pilose;

corolla pale blue or white, rotate, limb (5–)7–10 mm diam. 2n = 26 (Asia).

Evolvulus alsinoides

Phenology Flowering Feb–Dec.
Habitat Pine-oak woodlands, saguaro desert scrub, desert grasslands, disturbed sites, xeric and rocky sites.
Elevation 0–1900 m. (0–6200 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; AZ; FL; NM; TX; Mexico; Central America; South America
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Discussion

Presence of Evolvulus alsinoides was reported for Alabama by C. T. Mohr (1901). Its presence in Missouri has not been confirmed.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 14.
Parent taxa Convolvulaceae > Evolvulus
Sibling taxa
E. arenarius, E. arizonicus, E. convolvuloides, E. grisebachii, E. nuttallianus, E. sericeus
Synonyms Convolvulus alsinoides, E. alsinoides var. angustifolius, E. alsinoides var. grisebachianus, E. alsinoides var. hirticaulis
Name authority (Linnaeus) Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 1: 392. (1762)
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