Flora of New Zealand Series

Convolvulus pescaprae L. Sp. Pl. 1753, 159.

Glab. prostrate or trailing branched woody plant with stems up to ± 10 m. long, rooting at intervals. Lvs on petioles up to ± 10 cm. long; lamina (2)-5-(10) cm. diam., broad-oblong to suborbicular, thick, fleshy, emarginate to bluntly 2-lobed. Peduncles 1-3-fld. Sepals ovate, obtuse; corolla ± 4 cm. diam., light purple to pink. Capsule ± 15 mm. diam., ovoid-globose, 2-loculed. Seeds 2-4, villous.

DIST.: K. Coastal cliffs and sands. Oliver (T.N.Z.I. 42, 1910, 170) gives also "buffalo-grass meadow".

FL. 11-4. Common in tropical regions coastally.