Convolvulus lineatus, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 81

10. C. lineatus L. , Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 923 (1759).

Densely sericeous perennial 3-25 cm, with woody stock and usually procumbent or ascending herbaceous stems. Leaves linear to elliptical or oblanceolate, attenuate at base; basal leaves on each shoot widened and scarious at the extreme base. Peduncles terminal and axillary, much shorter than bracts, 1- to severalflowered. Outer sepals linear to lanceolate, convex on the back below, cuneate to rounded at base, acute to acuminate. Corolla 12-25 mm, pink. Ovary and capsule pubescent. Dry, open ground. S. Europe, extending northwards to 46° 30' N. in W. France and to c. 51° N. in S.C. Russia, but rare in the E. Mediterranean region. Al BI Bu Co?Cr Ga?Gr Hs It?Ju Lu Rm Rs (C, W, K, E) Si.

C. pilosellifolius Desr. in Lam., Encycl. Méth. Bot. 3:551 (1792), was once recorded from Turkey-in-Europe but was perhaps only a casual. It differs from 11 mainly in the broadly cuneate to subcordate base of the cauline leaves, and in the glabrous ovary and capsule. It occurs in N.E. Africa and S.W. Asia.