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Convolvulus tricolor or Bindweed
Convolvulus tricolor. Small Convolvulus or Bindweed
Class and Order
Pentandria Monogynia
Generic Character
Corolla campanulata, plicata. Stigmata 2. Capsula 2-locularis:
loculis dispermis
Specific Character and Synonyms
CONVOLVULUS tricolor foliis lanceolato ovatis glabris, caule
declinato, floribus solitariis. Lin. Syst. Vegetab. p. 203. Sp.
Pl. p. 225.
CONVOLVULUS peregrinus cæruleus, folio oblongo. Bauh. Pin. 295.
Flore triplici colore insignito. Moris. hist. 2. p. 17. s. 1. t.
4. f. 4.
The Spanish Small Blew Bindeweede. Parkins. Parad. p. 4.
This species has usually been called Convolvulus minor by gardeners,
by way of distinguishing it from the Convolvulus purpureus, to which
they have given the name of major. It is a very pretty annual; a
native of Spain, Portugal, and Sicily, and very commonly cultivated
in gardens.
The most usual colors of its blossoms are blue, white, and yellow,
whence its name of tricolor; but there is a variety of it with
white, and another with striped blossoms.
The whole plant with us is in general hairy, hence it does not well
accord with Linnæus's description. It is propagated by seeds, which
should be sown on the flower-borders in the spring, where the plants
are to remain: they require no other care than to be thinned and
weeded.
The Botanical Magazine or Flower-Garden
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