Convolvulus galpinii C.H.Wright, Fl. Cap. (Harvey) 4(2): 75. 1904. (Baker and Wright 1904: 75).

Wood, John R. I., Williams, Bethany R. M., Mitchell, Thomas C., Carine, Mark A., Harris, David J. & Scotland, Robert W., 2015, A foundation monograph of Convolvulus L. (Convolvulaceae), PhytoKeys 51, pp. 1-282 : 82

39. Convolvulus galpinii C.H.Wright, Fl. Cap. (Harvey) 4(2): 75. 1904. (Baker and Wright 1904: 75).

Type.

SOUTH AFRICA, Eastern Cape, E.E.Galpin 2110 (holotype K!; isotypes BOL, GRA, PRE).

Description.

Perennial herb, densely brownish or whitish villous in all vegetative parts; rootstock not known; stems to 60 cm, slender, twining or (?) prostrate. Leaves petiolate, 2-4 × 0.7-1.2 cm, deltoid with cordate, hastate or sagittate base, apex acute, margin undulate or crenate; petioles 4-7 (-12) mm. Flowers axillary, pedunculate, solitary or paired, peduncles 1.5-2 (-6) cm; bracteoles 6-7 mm, linear; pedicels 3-6 (-10) mm; outer sepals 8 × 4 mm, ovate, abruptly narrowed above the middle to an acuminate apex; corolla 16-21 mm long, white, shallowly lobed, the midpetaline bands densely pilose, terminating in a tooth; ovary glabrous; style glabrous, divided 8-10 mm above the base, stigmas 2.5 mm linear. Capsule glabrous; seeds glabrous, obscurely rugose with pallid ridges, not puberulous as stated by Meeuse (1957: 687). [ Meeuse and Welman 2000: 43 (map)]

Distribution.

South Africa: Eastern Cape (Phillipson 1541, Krook 841).

Notes.

Distinguished by the relatively slender, twining stems, dense indumentum, hastate or sagittate leaves and abruptly acuminate sepals.