title: Cressa (plant)
text: # Cressa (plant)
  
  Cressa is a genus of plants in the morning glory family known generally as alkaliweeds. These plants are native to the tropical and subtropical areas of the world. They are clumpy and low-growing but usually have erect stems covered white-haired, green leaves. They produce tiny white flowers about half a centimeter across.
  
  There are four species recognised in the genus Cressa:
  
  * Cressa australis
  * Cressa cretica
  * Cressa nudicaulis
  * Cressa truxillensis
  
  ## Sources
  
  * 1 2 In: Species Plantarum 1: 223. 1753. "Name - Cressa L." Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
  * ↑ Austin, D. F. (2000). A revision of Cressa L.(Convolvulaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 133(1), 27-39.
  