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Convolvulus cantabrica (Southern Bindweed) |
Convolvulus cantabrica (CONVOLVULACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Convolvulus cantabrica L.
Published in Sp. Pl. 158 (1753) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : | Convolvulaceae
Juss. (The BindWeed Family)
21 species from the Convolvulaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Southern Bindweed | Maltese name(s) : | Leblieb skars | Status for Malta : | Indigenous. Present on the Maltese islands before man | Frequency : | Very Common Common Frequent
Scarce
Rare Very rare Extinct
| Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: HEMICRYPTOPHYTE (prostate plants with flowers close to the ground)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | This species has a threatened status and is listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Apr-Jun | Colour of Flowers: | Pink |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Dry places |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Botanical Description: |
Pubescent perennial (with many patent hairs at least below) with woody stock and erect herbaceous stems 10-50 cm. Leaves linear to oblanceolate, attenuate at base; basal leaves on each stem widened and scarious at the extreme base. Peduncles terminal and axillary, the lower longer than subtending bracts, 1- to several-flowered. Outer sepals lanceolate to oblanceolate, convex on the back below, cuneate to rounded at base, acute to acuminate. Corolla 15-25 mm, pink. Ovary and capsule pubescent. |
Chromosome number: |
2n=30 |
Distributional range: |
S. & S.C. Europe, extending northwards to c. 48° N. in E. France and S. Czechoslovakia |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Albania, Austria and Liechtenstein, the Balaeric Islands, Bulgaria, Corse, Doubtful in Crete, Czeck Republic and Slovakia, France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Greece, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Hungary, Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), ex-Jugoslavia, Romania, Russia and former USSR, Sardinia, Sicily and/or Malta, Turkey (European part) |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
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? Ab(A) AE(G) Ag Al Ar Au(A) BH Bl(M N) Bu Cg Co ?Cr Ct Ga(F) Gg(A G) Gr He Hs(S) Hu Ir It Le Li Ma Mo Rf(CS) Rm Sa Si(M S) Sk Sl Sr Sy Tn Tu(A E) Uk(K) [aGe] |
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