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Common name: Blue Daze, Brazilian dwarf morning-glory, Hawaiian Blue Eyes
Botanical name: Evolvulus glomeratus 'Blue Daze' Family: Convolvulaceae (morning glory family)
Blue daze is an evergreen subshrub that grows in a low,
spreading mound, up to 2-3 ft in diameter, but no more than 1 ft
tall. The stems become woody as they age. Leaves and stems are densely
downy, covered with a light gray fuzz. The egg shaped leaves are about a
0.5 in wide and 1 in long. The funnel shaped flowers are born individually
in leaf axils near
the stem tips. They are about 1 in across, with five pale lavender or
powder blue petals and white throats. Evolvulus blooms profusely and almost
continuously, but each flower lasts only a day, opening in the morning and
closing by afternoon. The cultivar, 'Blue Daze' is widely available. Evolvulus
glomeratus is native to Brazil and Paraguay. This plant is sometimes confused
with Evolvulus pilosus/nuttallianus which occurs in midwestern
North America from Montana and North Dakota, south through Arizona and Texas.
| Photographed in Lodhi Garden, Delhi. |
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