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Convolvulus
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<h2 id="description">Description</h2> <p>They are <a href="/facts/Annual_plant/SkPv72DA">annual</a> or <a href="/facts/Perennial_plant/MQ3NvAUW">perennial</a> <a href="/facts/Herbaceous/u6myDhE2">herbaceous</a> <a href="/facts/Vine/3nVRIAws">vines</a>, <a href="/facts/Bine_(botany)/3nVRIAws">bines</a> and (a few species of) woody <a href="/facts/Shrub/X1gKVxL5">shrubs</a>, growing to 0.3–3 m tall. The <a href="/facts/Leaf/1m6wCNTg">leaves</a> are spirally arranged, and the <a href="/facts/Flower/7gI5Kefw">flowers</a> trumpet-shaped, mostly white or pink, but blue, violet, purple, or yellow in some species. </p> <h2 id="ecology">Ecology</h2> <p>Many of the species are <a href="/facts/Invasive_species/Ya1v6RGx">invasive</a> <a href="/facts/Weed/Dog4Ifol">weeds</a>; but others are cultivated for their attractive <a href="/facts/Flower/7gI5Kefw">flowers</a>, while some are <a href="/facts/Threatened_species/kryGsxNb">globally threatened</a>. </p><p><i>Convolvulus</i> species are used as food plants by the <a href="/facts/Larva/GKo2FIew">larvae</a> of some <a href="/facts/Lepidoptera/yPFPsQmL">Lepidoptera</a> species, including the <a href="/facts/Agrius_convolvuli/TvqaGFjU">convolvulus hawk moth</a>, the <a href="/facts/Bedellia_somnulentella/Spsq9rPM">sweet potato leaf miner</a> (<i>Bedellia somnulentella</i>) and <a href="/facts/Orthonama_obstipata/obcUkk6S">the gem</a>; the <a href="/facts/Leaf_miner/MPf3mW0D">leaf miner</a> <i><a href="/facts/Bucculatrix_cantabricella/fcC85n2L">Bucculatrix cantabricella</a></i> feeds exclusively on <i>C. cantabricus</i>. </p> <h2 id="gallery">Gallery</h2> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Convolvulus. <ul><li>Beach, Chandler B., ed. (1914). <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_New_Student%27s_Reference_Work/Convolvulus,_Wild_Morning-Glory">"Convolvulus, Wild Morning-Glory" </a>. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_New_Student%27s_Reference_Work"><i>The New Student's Reference Work</i> </a>. Chicago: F. E. Compton and Co.</li> <li><a href="http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Convolvulus&SPECIES_XREF=&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK=">Flora Europaea: <i>Convolvulus</i></a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Sunset Western Garden Book. 1995. 606–07. <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Carine, M. A. and L. Robba. (2010). Taxonomy and evolution of the Convolvulus sabatius complex (Convolvulaceae). Phytotaxa 14 1. <a href="http://www.mapress.com/phytotaxa/content/2010/f/p00014p021f.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.mapress.com/phytotaxa/content/2010/f/p00014p021f.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Convolvulus. Flora of China. <a href="http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=107909" target="_blank">http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=107909</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Convolvulus. The Jepson eFlora. 2013. <a href="http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_IJM.pl?tid=11474" target="_blank">http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_IJM.pl?tid=11474</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Parnell, J. and Curtis, T. 2012. Webb's An Irish Flora. Cork University Press. ISBN 978-185918-4783 <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>