General Appearance
Convolvulus cantabrica L., it is a pubescent perennial (with many patent hairs at least below) with woody stock and erect herbaceous stems 10-50 cm. Leaves linear to oblanceolate, attenuate at base; basal leaves on each stem widened and scarious at the extreme base. Peduncles terminal and axillary, the lower longer than subtending bracts, 1- to several-flowered. Outer sepals lanceolate to oblanceolate, convex on the back below, cuneate to rounded at base, acute to acuminate. Corolla pink, (10) 15-20 (25) mm long, hirsute along the nerves outside. Capsule globose-ovoid, pubescent. 5 x 4 mm. Seeds 2-4, dark brown.
Life Form
Phytochoria
Distribution in Libya
Sirte Plains: Reported from Tripolitania (Taorga) by Keith
Notes
Wild plant. I have not yet found a recent record of this species in Libya.
This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:265982-1
Link of images: https://dryades.units.it/floritaly/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&tipo=all&id=4222, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=2254, https://maltawildplants.com/CONV/Convolvulus_cantabrica.php, https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/convolvulus-cantabrica
For more information
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:265982-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/265982-1, https://www.gbif.org/species/3681277, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/139783/convolvulus-cantabrica-l, https://maltawildplants.com/CONV/Convolvulus_cantabrica.php, https://www.florandalucia.es/index.php/convolvulus-cantabrica, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_liseroncantabre.php, https://dryades.units.it/floritaly/index.php?procedure=taxon_page&tipo=all&id=4222, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=2254, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convolvulus_cantabrica
First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:
Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1977) Flora of Libya, Convolvulaceae Vol. (45) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. Page. 22.
Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest:
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