Convolvulus steppicola Hand.-Mazz., Symb. Sin. 7: 810. 1936. (Handel-Mazzetti 1936: 810).

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 : 53-54

8. Convolvulus steppicola Hand.-Mazz., Symb. Sin. 7: 810. 1936. (Handel-Mazzetti 1936: 810).

Type.

CHINA, Yunnan, Dali, Handel-Mazzetti 6351 (holotype W!; isotype E00067083!).

Description.

Pubescent perennial herb with (probably) decumbent stems from a thickened rootstock, young growth brownish-tomentose; stems to 60 cm, probably reaching 1 m, Leaves shortly petiolate, 1.1-3.5 cm long, the central lobe 0.2-1 cm wide, linear or oblong, acute, margin entire, undulate, sinuate or more or less dentate, base hastate, the auricles simple or bifid, sometimes intergrading with sinuate leaf margin. Flowers 1-2, axillary, pedunculate; peduncles 1.5-4 cm; bracteoles 3-4 × 0.5 mm, linear or filiform; pedicels 6-15 mm long, straight to slightly bent; outer sepals 7-10 × 4-5 mm, ovate, acuminate, villous with ciliate margins; inner sepals similar but much less hairy; corolla 1.2-1.4 cm long, pink or white, unlobed, midpetaline bands pilose, extended as short teeth; ovary and style glabrous. Capsule glabrous; seeds nearly smooth, glabrous.

Distribution.

Endemic to SW China: Yunnan (Ducloux 6660, E. Maire 511, 581, Delavay s.n. [8/4/1884]), 1600-2450 m.

Notes.

Apparently rare and localised and no recent collections seen.