Convolvulus cneorum
Common names
silverbush
Biostatus
Exotic
Conservation status
Not applicable
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons
Flower colours
White, Yellow
Detailed taxonomy
Genus
Family
Endemic genus
No
Endemic family
No
Ecology
Reason for introduction
Horticultural
Life cycle and dispersal
Dispersed by careless garden waste disposal (by asexual spread) and presumably by seed.
Other information
Etymology
convolvulus: From Latin convolvere, which means to twine around