General Appearance
Convolvulus prostratus Forssk., it is a prostrate, suffruscent, perennial herb, 15-30 (-50) cm long, hirsute, branched from the base. Leaves sub sessile, 12-20 (-25) x 3-5 mm. narrowly attenuate at base, obtuse-mucronate, appressedly hairy. Flowers sessile or sub sessile, 1-3 (-4) grouped together; peduncles filiform. Bracts linear, hirsute, c. 5 mm long. Sepals linear 6.5 mm long, acuminate, hirsute. Corolla (-6) 10-12 mm, rosy yellow (flesh coloured) with hairy bands on the outside. Ovary glabrous, style filiform, glabrous, stigmas 3 times as long as the style. Capsule glabrous, globose. Seeds blackish, with few short hairs.
Life Form
Phytochoria
Distribution in Libya
Ghat area: Reported from Fezzan (Ghat) by Corti, and Keith
Notes
Wild in Libya.
This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:266797-1
Link of images: https://www.floraofqatar.com/convolvulus_prostratus.htm, https://atlas-sahara.org/Convolvulaceae/Convolvulus%20prostratus/Convolvulus%20prostratus.html, https://www.gbif.org/species/8339877
For more information
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:266797-1 https://www.ipni.org/n/266797-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0001298821, https://www.gbif.org/species/8339877, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/8609/convolvulus-prostratus-forssk, https://atlas-sahara.org/Convolvulaceae/Convolvulus%20prostratus/Convolvulus%20prostratus.html, https://www.floraofqatar.com/convolvulus_prostratus.htm, https://www.ksanature.com/plants/convolvulus_prostrates/, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250096929, https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/19/convolvulous-prostratus/
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. 19.
Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest:
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