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Convolvulus erinaceus Ldb. 



An undershrub with very long roots and preferring 

 somewhat stationary sandy soil. It attains a height of about 



Fig. 52. Convolvulus erinaceus. To the left a leaf-bearing plant (June). To 

 the right a specimen which has shed its leaves. (July). 



40 centimetres, but according to AITCHISON it may reach the 

 height of 1 metre (23 feet). The year-shoots are stiff, 

 strongly branched, geniculate at the nodes and the branches 



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