Re: Convolvulus canariense (floridus?)
- To: m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: Convolvulus canariense (floridus?)
- From: "* T* <n*@lehmann.mobot.org>
- Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 09:40:46 CST6CDT
- Priority: normal
> Is this the same plant as C. floridus? Sure seems like it. I recall
> seeing a photo of C. floridus in Gardens of the Riviera, by Vivian
> Russell (photo on page 46) and have been looking for this plant ever
> since! Looks like a great big floppy think with huge trusses of white
> flowers - quite unlike most Convolvulus. I did a bit more checking
> around on the internet and found these pages:
It most probably is. I saw Convolvulus floridus in village gardens on the
Canary Island of La Gomera a couple of years ago. It's a large shrub with
skinny branches and large heads of numerous white flowers. It was the only
Convolvulus species I saw cultivated there, though there are about a dozen
endemic species in this genus in Macaronesia (Canaries, Madeira, Azores,
Cape Verdes).
Convolvulus canariensis is a vigorous twining vine with smaller flower
clusters. I've seen the closely related C. massonii on Madeira, climbing
high up into the laurel-forest trees. That species seems to differ from
C. canariensis only in being hairless.
Nick.
Nick Turland
Flora of China Project, Missouri Botanical Garden,
P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166-0299, U.S.A.
E-mail: nturland@lehmann.mobot.org
Phone: +1 314 577 0269 Fax: +1 314 577 9438
