Convolvulus cantabrica L.

Spice Detail Flower In the field

Family: CONVOLVULACEAE

Genus: Convolvulus

Catalan common name: Corretjola.

Spanish common name: Campanilla de pobres. Campanilla montañesa.

Province distribution: Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): North Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Rocky surfaces and dry stone walls. Stony soils and road sides.

Characteristics: This bindweed has pink flowers and leaves covered with pilosity that gives it a whitish colour. Resembles Convolvulus lineatus, but in this latter species the hairs are much more silky to the touch and covers much more amply the leaves and stems. Inhabits the borders of fields and roadsides in warm and sunny locations. Flowers during the months of May and June.