WorldFloraDB - Evolvulus sericeus

Characteristics

sessile to subsessile, pubescent at least on the lower surface, sometimes glabrous above. Flowers usually solitary in the leaf axils, occasionally 2 or more; sepals oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate, 3-5 mm long, pubescent; corollas white or pale blue, 7-12 mm broad; ovary glabrous. Fruits capsular, globose to ovoid, 4-5 mm in diameter, reflexed, seeds brown, smooth.

More

Perennial herbs; stems decumbent to erect, herbaceous, usually grey-sericeus. Leaves linear, linear-lanceolate to elliptic, 1-2.5 cm long and 1-8 mm wide,

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

-

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.15 - 0.3

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

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

Usage

Uses	medicinal
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Mode	-
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-