Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Evolvulus convolvuloides
soguilla pequeña, Purple evolvulus
A delicate creeper with heart-shaped leaves and small white to lilac trumpet-shaped flowers.
Grows in full sun or partial shade, often in heavy, packed soil (Wiggins y Porter, 1971).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Solanales
Family
Convolvulaceae
Genus
Evolvulus
Species
convolvuloides
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Evolvulus glaber Spreng., E. glabriusculus Choisy, E. hirsutus Kunth fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010)
Taxon origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical America (POWO, 2023).
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