Convolvulus secundus, One-sided bindweed,
Hebrew: חבלבל החוף, Arabic: لبلاب وحيد الجانب
Scientific name:  Convolvulus secundus Desr.
Common name:  One-sided bindweed
Hebrew name:   חבלבל החוף
Arabic name:  لبلاب وحيد الجانب
Plant Family:  Convolvulaceae, חבלבליים

Israel Flowers, Convolvulus secundus, One-sided bindweed, لبلاب وحيد الجانب ,חבלבל החוף

Life form:  Chamaephyte, semi-shrub
Stems:  clothed with rusty tomentum, stem flexuous, a little branched; terete
Leaves:  Alternate, entire
Flowers:  Pink, white, corolla rather villous outside
Fruits / pods:  Capsule
Flowering Period:   April, May, June, July, August
Habitat:  Sand
Distribution:  Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands
Chorotype:  Mediterranean
Summer shedding:  Perennating

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Derivation of the botanical name:
Convolvulus, Latin, convolvere, "to twine around"; "a bindweed" (Plinius), from convolvo, volvi, volutum, ere "to droll together, roll up, intertwine."
secundus, following, next, second; in a row, leaves on one side, secund.
The Hebrew word chavalval, חבלבול. Shaul Tchernichovsky (1875 – 1943), poem: "You Are So Fragrant" (19.7.1929):... ניחוחם של חבלבלים, nichucham shel chavalvalim, fragrance of Convolvulus (Tchernichovsky's Note: chavalval, חבלבול, Convolvulus L. Winde, Bindweed, Вьюнок).
  • The standard author abbreviation Desr. is used to indicate Louis Auguste Joseph Desrousseaux (1753 – 1838), a French botanist.

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