Beach Morning-Glory
Convolvulus Soldanella, L. Morning-glory Family
Stems.—A foot or less long; trailing. Leaves.—Kidney-shaped; long-petioled; leathery; an inch or two broad. Flowers.—Pink to lavender; one to nearly three inches across, with a pair of thin bracts just below the calyx, partly enveloping it. (Otherwise as C. luteolus.) Hab.—The seashore from Puget Sound to San Diego.
The beach morning-glory trails its stems over the shifting sands of the seashore, making clusters of beautiful foliage, over which the large, delicate flowers raise their exquisite satin funnels.