WorldFloraDB - Convolvulus prostratus

Characteristics

A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It has a woody base and grows 10-30 cm tall. It branches from the base. It has a brown covering. The leaves do not have leaf stalks. The leaves are 14-30 mm long by 3-6 mm wide. The flowers are in groups of 1-3 in the axils of leaves. The fruit is a capsule 3 mm across. There are 2-4 dark brown seeds.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	herb
Growth support	free-standing
Foliage retention	-
Sexuality	hermaphrodite
Pollination	-
Spread	-
Mature width (meter)	-
Mature height (meter)	0.1 - 0.3
Root system	-
Rooting depth (meter)	-
Root diameter (meter)	-
Flower color
Blooming months	-
Fruit color	-
Fruiting months	-
Nitrogen fixer	-
Photosynthetic pathway	c3

Environment

It is a Mediterranean plant. It grows in dry soils. It can grow in arid places. It grows up to 1,000 m above sea level in Pakistan.

Light	-
Soil humidity	-
Soil texture	-
Soil acidity	-
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

It is used as a vegetable.

Uses	animal food food medicinal
Edible	leaves
Therapeutic use	Antifungal agents (flower), Hypotension (flower), Antifungal agents (leaf), Hypotension (leaf), Anorexia (leaf), Asthma (leaf), Bronchitis (leaf), Calculi (leaf), Cough (leaf), Dyspnea (leaf), Fever (leaf), Hemoptysis (leaf), Urologic diseases (leaf), Anti-anxiety agents (unspecified), Nootropic agents (unspecified), Thyrotoxicosis (unspecified), Abdominal pain (unspecified), Hair loss (unspecified), Anthelmintics (unspecified), Anti-inflammatory agents (unspecified), Antipyretics (unspecified), Brain diseases (unspecified), Cardiotonic agents (unspecified), Diabetes mellitus (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Diuretics (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Epilepsy (unspecified), Fertility agents (unspecified), Hyperglycemia (unspecified), Hyperlipidemias (unspecified), Hypertension (unspecified), Hypnotics and sedatives (unspecified), Mental disorders (unspecified), Psychotropic drugs (unspecified), Respiratory tract infections (unspecified), Tranquilizing agents (unspecified), Ulcer (unspecified), Anorexia (whole plant), Anti-arrhythmia agents (whole plant), Anticonvulsants (whole plant), Antidepressive agents (whole plant), Antifungal agents (whole plant), Antithyroid agents (whole plant), Aphrodisiacs (whole plant), Calculi (whole plant), Central nervous system diseases (whole plant), Cough (whole plant), Diabetes mellitus (whole plant), Dyspnea (whole plant), Fever (whole plant), Goiter (whole plant), Hemoptysis (whole plant), Hypotension (whole plant), Hypothermia (whole plant), Insecticides (whole plant), Parasympatholytics (whole plant), Urologic diseases (whole plant)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Mode	-
Germination duration (days)	5 - 14
Germination temperacture (C°)	21 - 26
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	soaking
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

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Habit

Leaf

Flower

Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:266797-1
WFO ID	wfo-0001298821
COL ID	XZLW
BDTFX ID	18797
INPN ID	92344
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Convolvulus heterotrichus Convolvulus cancerianus abdallah & sa'ad Convolvulus evolvuloides Convolvulus parvifolius Convolvulus scindicus Convolvulus austroaegyptiacus abdallah & sa'ad Convolvulus pluricaulis Convolvulus microphyllus Convolvulus pluricaulis var. macra Convolvulus microphyllus var. boissieri Convolvulus austroaegyptiacus var. cancerianus (abdallah & sa'ad) Convolvulus microphyllus var. macra Convolvulus prostratus var. boissieri Convolvulus prostratus var. deserti Convolvulus prostratus

WorldFloraDB 2024

Convolvulus prostratus Forssk.

Liseron des champs (fr), Vrillée (fr), Petit liseron (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Convolvulaceae > Convolvulus