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Convolvulus elegantissimus
Mallow-leaved Bindweed
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Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
ID: 0000 0000 0617 1046 (2017-06-15)Copyright © 2017 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
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date of photo May 3, 2017
latitude 45.03125 longitude 14.65296
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location
Below Straževnik mountain 367 m (1.204 feet), south of main road Krk - Baška, east of town Punat, island Krk (Kvarner bay, Croatia)notes Slo.: none, CR: fini slak, tankolistni slak - syn.: Convolvulus althaeoides L. subsp. tenuissimus (Sm.) Batt., Convolvulus althaeoides subsp. elegantissimus (Mill.) Quézel & Santa, Convolvulus tenuissimus Sibth. & Sm. - Habitat: abandoned vineyard, dry, open place in full sun; calcareous, stony, skeletal ground with red soil; almost barren ground; elevation 240 m (790 feet); average precipitations ~ 1.000 mm/year, average temperature 12-13 deg C, (sub)mediterranean phytogeographical region. Substratum: red soil. Comment: Bindweeds (Convolvulus) are a large genus (about 250 species worldwide) with typical structure of flowers, which is easy to recognize. They are both, beautiful, with their mostly large and delicate, tender flowers, and also an annoying weed in gardens and lawns, which is hard to control. Convolvulus elegantissimus is a Mediterranean plant of dry and sunny places growing in all Mediterranean countries and Macaronesia (the four archipelagos Azores, Madeira, Canary and Cape Verde islands). The only exception is Slovenia. However, the plant is quite common in neighborhood in Croatia along Adriatic Sea coast and islands. Its taxonomy is not yet settled. Some authorities know it under the name Convolvulus althaeoides, some consider it as a subspecies of it (Convolvulus althaeoides subsp. elegantissimus), others consider it on species level as Convolvulus-elegantissimus (for example Catalogue of Life (2017), Ref.3). Convolvulus-elegantissimus should differ from Convolvulus althaeoides s.str. in palmate, deeply lobed leaves (just to the base of the leave) with narrow lobes and appressed hairs all over the plant. They often look silvery-grayish because of abundant hairs. Such plants are considered more frequent in east Mediterranean regions. Ref.: (1) M. Blamey, C. Grey-Wilson, Wild Flowers of the Mediterranean, A & C Black, London (2005), p 185. (2) I. Schӧnfelder, P. Schӧnfelder, Kosmos Atlas Mittelmeer- und Kanarenflora, Kosmos, (2002), p 160. (3) R. Domac, Flora Hrvatske (Flora of Croatia) (in Croatian), Školska Knjiga, Zagreb (1994), p 257. (4) http://www.menudanatura.com/2012/06/convolvulus-althaeoides-l.htmlcamera Nikon D700 / Nikkor Micro 105mm/f2.8 and Sony ILCE6000 / Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar E 16-70mm/f4
contributor's ID # Bot_1052/2017_DSC7649 photo category: Plant - annual/perennial
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Mallow-leaved Bindweed, Pink Bindweed, Falmate Bindweed (photographer)
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