Campanola, spotted-heart

Convolvulus tiliifolius Desrousseaux in J. Lamarck et al., Encycl. 3: 544. 1792 (as tiliaefolia)

Leaf blades: base cordate, apex acute to acuminate. Corollas purplish red with darker center. Capsules 25–30 mm, surrounded by accrescent calyx that even­tually disintegrates into a vas­cular network. 2n = 30.

Flowering Nov–Jan. Thicket forests; 0–10 m; intro­duced; Fla.; Asia; Africa; introduced also in West Indies, Central America, South America, Pacific Islands (Guam, Hawaii, Samoa, Tahiti), Australia.

Stictocardia tiliifolia is widely introduced and nat­uralized. The names Rivea campanulata (Linnaeus) House and S. campanulata (Linnaeus) Merrill have been misapplied to it.