Evolvulus alsinoides (L.) L.

  • Authority

    Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

  • Family

    Convolvulaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Evolvulus alsinoides (L.) L.

  • Description

    Species Description - Slender, prostrate or ascending, 2–4 dm, thinly appressed-hairy; lvs scattered, commonly shorter than the internodes, spreading, oblong, 1–2 cm; fls numerous, either solitary or few together at the end of filiform, spreading peduncles longer than the subtending lvs; cor pale blue to white, rotate, 6 mm wide; 2n=26. A weed in the warmer parts of the world, intr. in Mo. Spring–summer.