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Convolvulus althaeoides

 

Description: Pubescent herbaceous perennial with slender, trailing or twining stems up to 100cm. Leaves stalked, very variable, but at least the upper deeply lobed and heart-shaped to like a barbed arrow head. Inflorescence stalks axillary, usually much longer than bracts, 1- to 3(-5)-flowered. Sepals variable, acute to rounded. Corolla 25-40mm, usually pink.



Poison: None Known

Distribution: Albania,  Bulgaria,  Corsica,  Crete,  Cyprus,  East Aegean Islands,  East Aegean Islands,  Egypt,  France,  Greece, 

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