| Convolvulus prostratus Forssk , it is a perennial plant, 10-30 cm high, with a woody base, branching basally, branches ascending or decumbent. Leaves sessile, (6-) 14-30 x 3-6 mm, linear to oblong, oblanceolate to lanceolate, subacute to obtuse, villous, mid-vein prominent on the lower surface, leaf sometimes slightly mucronate. Flowers 1-3 (-5), sessile to subsessile in axillary heads, peduncles up to 20 mm long, Sepals 4-7 mm long,Corolla 10-12 mm long.Capsule glabrous, 3 mm in diameter. Seeds 2-4, brown-black, c. 2 mm long. Life Form: Ch, Flowering in: Jan -Apr, Vern:————, Phytochoria: SA+SZ+SS, The native range of this species is Cape Verde to NW. India. Notes: Wild in Libya.
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://www.floraofqatar.com/convolvulus_prostratus.htm, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250096929, https://efloraofindia.com/2011/02/19/convolvulous-prostratus/ |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Ghat area |
| Reported from Fezzan (Ghat) by Corti, and Keith |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| 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. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses , Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
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