Convolvulus sabatius subsp. mauritanicus (Boiss.) Murb. – just a new casual alien plant in Dalmatia or…?

Background and Purpose: The genus Convolvulus (Convolvulaceae) is distributed worldwide. Several species are used as ornamental plants, and one of them is C. sabatius, a native species in Magreb (Africa) and Italy. For Croatia, it was reported just as a cultivated plant. After six years of continuous monitoring, we present here the first locality of its subspecies C. sabatius subsp. mauritanicus, outside of cultivation.Materials and Methods: The floristic survey of the city of Kaštela was conducted during the summer of 2011 and 2016, and the site was geocoded by a GPS device. The population of... Mehr ...