Evolvulus glomeratus

Date collected: December 04, 1999
Collected by:Joyce Ann Edgar [at "Lori Ditchers" in Ohmine]

Synonym:

1. Genus species: Evolvulus glomeratus
2. Family: Convolvulaceae
3. English name: Blue Daze, Hawaiian Blue Eyes
4. Chuukese name:
5. Kosraean name:
6. Pohnpeian name:
7. Yapese name:
8. Growth form: Shrub
9. Growth location: terrestrial
10. Growth environment: cultivated garden
11. Growht zone: tropical
12. Average height: 52.5 cm
13. Stem: woody, rough-kind of hairy; alternate; brown
14. Leaf arrangement: alternate
15. Stipule: light green; star-shaped
16. Petioles: 0.1-0.2 cm long
17. Leaf blade: elliptical to ovate leaf shape; acute tip; acute base; entire margin; green; pinnate venation
18. Inflorescence: spike; five flowers observed
19. Floral bracts: none
20. Flower: rotationally symmetry and fused
21. Calyx: five; white
22. Corrola: five fused purple corrola
23. Stamens: five white stamens; 0.2-0.3 cm filament; 0.2 cm white anther; basifixed
24. Ovary: inferior
25. Style: 1 cm; white
26. Fruit: none
27. Seed: not observed
28. Anything else: flowers closes in the afternoon; opens up from 9:00 a.m.
29. Cultural usage: none that I know of

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