General Appearance
Convolvulus fatmensis Kunze , it is an annual herb, up to 15-50 cm tall, branched at the base. Leaves ovate-oblong, 15-40 x 10-20 mm, obtuse or sub-acute, base cordate, margin wavy, glabrous or appressed puberulous. pinnately nerved. Flowers 1-3 on a peduncle. Pedicels with appressed hairs, as long as the calyx. Sepals ± densely appressed-puberulous, the outer ones 4 x 3, retuse, mucronulate; middle one with unequal halves. Corolla pink. 8-10 mm long, with 5 hairy bands on the outside. Capsule glabrous, exserted from the calyx, sub globose, 6 x 6 mm; seeds brown, rugulose, 4 x 3 mm.
Life Form
Phytochoria
Distribution in Libya
Tripolitania: Reported from Tripolitania by Durand & Barratte and Keith
Al-Qibla area: Wadis South of Mizda 2013
Notes
Wild in Libya.
This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60456797-2
Link of images: https://www.floraofqatar.com/convolvulus_fatmensis.htm, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/CONFAT/
For more information
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60456797-2, https://www.ipni.org/n/60456797-2, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000921351, https://www.gbif.org/species/3679537, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/8617/convolvulus-fatmensis-kunze, https://atlas-sahara.org/Convolvulaceae/Convolvulus%20fatmensis/Convolvulus%20fatmensis.html, https://www.teline.fr/en/photos/convolvulaceae/convolvulus-fatmensis, https://www.ksanature.com/plants/convolvulus_fatmensis/, https://www.floraofqatar.com/convolvulus_fatmensis.htm, https://flora.org.il/en/plants/CONFAT/
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. 10.
Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest:
Mohamed, F.J. (2013) A Taxonomic Study of Wadis Flora South of Mizda at the intersections with Mizda-Sebha Highway. Master Thesis. Department of Botany-Faculty of Science-Sebha University. Libya. (In Arabic).










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