Hebrew: חבלבל עדין, Arabic: لبلاب خماسي الفصوص
| Scientific name: | Convolvulus pentapetaloides L. | |
| Common name: | Grassy Bindweed, Five-lobed bindweed | |
| Hebrew name: | חבלבל עדין | |
| Arabic name: | لبلاب خماسي الفصوص | |
| Plant Family: | Convolvulaceae, חבלבליים |
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| Life form: | Therophyte, annual | |
| Stems: | Prostrate, filiform; stems rather hairy at top | |
| Leaves: | Alternate, entire | |
| Flowers: | Light blue, dark blue, with a yellow throat, and a semi 5-cleft limb | |
| Fruits / pods: | Capsule | |
| Flowering Period: | April, May | |
| Habitat: | Batha, Phrygana | |
| 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." pentapetaloides, πεντα-, five; resembling five petals. The Hebrew word chavalval, חבלבול. 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).
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