St Mary's College, Sulthan Bathery   /   Plant

Plant Details

Evolvulus alsinoides L.

Herbs perennial. Stems several to numerous, prostrate or ascending, slender, with appressed and spreading hairs. Leaves petiolate or subsessile, 0.7-2.5 cm X 5-10 mm. Cymes 1- to few flowered; peduncles filiform, 2.5-3.5 cm; bracts linear-subulate to linear-lanceolate, 1.5-4 mm.

  • Family: Convolvulaceae
  • Habit: Herbs
  • Habitat: Woodlands, grasslands, savanna, edges of thickets, roadsides, sandy soils and weed of cultivated land.
  • Status : Common


Vernacular names

English-Dwarf Morning Glory 

Medicinal Uses

Used medicinally in the Far East particularly in India for a variety of ailments.