Convolvulus althaeoides, Mallow-leaved bindweed, Falmate Bindweed,
Hebrew: חבלבל כפני, Arabic: لبلاب ختمي

Scientific name:		Convolvulus althaeoides L.
Common name:		Mallow-leaved bindweed, Falmate Bindweed
Hebrew name:		חבלבל כפני
Arabic name:		لبلاب ختمي
Plant Family:		Convolvulaceae, חבלבליים

Life form:		Perennial herb, Vine
Stems:		15 cm in height; trailing or climbing, hairy
Leaves:		Alternate, dissected once
Flowers:		Pink, violet
Fruits / pods:		Capsules
Flowering Period:		March, April, May, June
Habitat:		Herbaceous plant communities of the Mediterranean territory
Distribution:		Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts
Chorotype:		Mediterranean
Summer shedding:		Ephemeral

Derivation of the botanical name: Convolvulus, Latin, convolvere, "to twine around"; "a bindweed" (Plinius), from convolvo, volvi, volutum, ere "to droll together, roll up, intertwine." althaeoides, resembling hollyhock. The Hebrew word chavalval, חבלבול, from Syrian חבלבלא, chavalvla. Shaul Tchernichovsky (1875 – 1943), poem: "You Are So Fragrant" (19.7.1929):... ניחוחם של חבלבלים, nichucham shel chavalvalim, fragrance of Convolvulus (Tchernichovsky's Note: chavalval, חבלבול, Convolvulus L. Winde, Bindweed, Вьюнок). The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.