Convolvulus mazicum Emb. & Maire, Mat. Fl. Maroc. 21-22: 43 (23). 1930 [1929]. (Emberger and Maire 1929: 43 (23)).

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 : 170-171

159. Convolvulus mazicum Emb. & Maire, Mat. Fl. Maroc. 21-22: 43 (23). 1930 [1929]. (Emberger and Maire 1929: 43 (23)). Figure 21, t. 11-17

Convolvulus cantabrica var. mazicum (Emb. & Maire) Font Quer, Mem. Real Acad. Vi. Barcelona 22(18): 15. 1931. ( Font Quer 1931: 15). Type. Based on Convolvulus mazicum Emb. & Maire

Convolvulus cantabrica subsp. mazicum (Emb. & Maire) Maire, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 28: 370. 1937. ( Maire 1937: 370). Type. Based on Convolvulus mazicum Emb. & Maire

Type.

MOROCCO, Middle Atlas, J. Guebb-er-Rahal, Emberger s.n. (syntypes RAB078146!, P00417706!, MPU 006033, MPU006032,?AL).

Description.

A small cushion plant, 7-13 cm in diameter with a stout woody taproot, stem sericeous. Leaves sessile, 2-3 × 0.2-0.4 cm, linear to linear-oblanceolate, acute, entire, base attenuate, grey sericeous-pubescent on the lower surface and margins of upper surface, glabrous on central area. Flowers solitary or paired, sessile or on very short terminal peduncles up to 10 mm long; bracteoles linear, 3 × 0.5 mm, pedicels 2 mm; outer sepals 5-6 × 2 mm, lanceolate, obtuse, pilose; inner sepals ovate, c. 4 mm wide, membranous, abruptly narrowed to a green, pilose mucro; corolla 1.6-1.7 cm long, white, lobed with red, pubescent, midpetaline bands terminating in a broadly triangular lobe; ovary conical, pilose at apex; style pilose, divided c. 4 mm above base, stigmas 3 mm. Capsule and seeds not seen. [ Sa’ad 1967: 146]

Distribution.

Morocco (Jury et al. 17622, Balls 3086, Güemes et al. 1577). 2000-3000 m on limestone rocks, somewhat disjunct in distribution in the High Atlas, Middle Atlas and the Rif mountain ranges.

Notes.

Dwarf plants of Convolvulus lineatus are similar but have longer sepals and corollas and the upper surface of the leaves are uniformly sericeous.