Convolvulus gharbensis Batt. & Pit., in C.J.E.Pitard, Explor. Sci. Maroc, Bot. 74. 1913. (Pitard 1913: 74).

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 : 116-117

86. Convolvulus gharbensis Batt. & Pit., in C.J.E.Pitard, Explor. Sci. Maroc, Bot. 74. 1913. (Pitard 1913: 74). Figure 12, t. 11-20

Type.

MOROCCO, Picard 1806 (lectotype AL (possibly transferred to MPU006495), designated by Sa’ad 1967: 181; isolectotypes, K!, MPU!, P00417698!, P00417699!, P00417700!).

Description.

Annual herb, commonly much branched at the base, reaching c. 35 cm, stems thinly pubescent. Leaves 2-8 × 1-2.5 cm, obovate-spathulate, obtuse to acute, entire, base attenuate or, above, abruptly cuneate, clearly sessile, glabrous or with a few marginal cilia. Flowers several in a sessile terminal head; bracts 1.5-2.3 × 0.8-1.5 cm, ovate, acute, rounded at the base, thinly pilose with long white hairs, green with a palid area near the base; peduncles absent; bracteoles 12-15 × 1-3 mm, oblong, very variable in size, pilose with long white hairs; pedicels absent; outer sepals 9-10 × 2 mm, oblong, acute, densely pilose with white hairs; inner sepals similar but narrowly lanceolate; corolla 1.5-2.5 cm long, blue, unlobed, midpetaline bands pilose, terminating in a small tooth; filaments with sessile glands; ovary glabrous; style glabrous, divided c. 7 mm above base, stigmas 5 mm. Capsule glabrous, much exceeding calyx; seeds tuberculate.

Distribution.

Endemic to Morocco (Sauvage 8000, Davis 54326, Mathez et al. 2426, Lewalle 12771).