Convolvulus galaticus Rostan ex Choisy, Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 9: 408. 1845. (Choisy 1845: 408).

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 : 60-61

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Convolvulus galaticus Rostan ex Choisy, Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 9: 408. 1845. (Choisy 1845: 408).
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16. Convolvulus galaticus Rostan ex Choisy, Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 9: 408. 1845. (Choisy 1845: 408). Figure 5, t. 1-7.

Convolvulus agrophilos C.Koch, Linnaea 22: 745. 1849. ( Koch 1849: 745). Type. TURKEY, Tschorukthale, C.Koch s.n. (?B†).

Type.

TURKEY, Ankara, Rostan s.n. (lectotype G-DC, designated by Sa’ad 1967: 227).

Description.

Perennial herb with decumbent or prostrate stems spreading from a central tap root and reaching 50 cm, vegetative parts softly tomentose. Leaves petiolate, 1.5-4 × 1-3 cm, ovate to ovate-triangular, apex acute to mucronate, margin undulate, sinuate or, above, weakly 5-lobed, base cordate and shortly attenuate onto the petiole, veins prominent below; petioles 0.5-1.4 cm. Flowers 1-2 in pedunculate, axillary cymes; peduncles 0.8-2.5 cm; bracteoles 2 -4 mm, linear to filiform; pedicels 0.5-1.4 cm; outer sepals 7-10 × 5-8 mm, broadly ovate, rounded and mucronate to acute, somewhat convex, tomentose, greyish, inner sepals c. 7 × 5 mm. glabrous, membranous; corolla 2.6-3 cm long, deep pink, unlobed, midpetaline bands adpressed pilose, terminating in a tooth; filaments glandular below; ovary pilose (or fide Sa’ad (1967: 230) glabrous), style glabrous or thinly pilose, divided 7 mm above base, stigmas 3-3.5 mm long. Capsule and seeds not seen. [ Sa’ad 1967: 227; Tohmé and Tohmé 2007: 215 (photo)]

Distribution.

Almost restricted to Turkey: Turkey (Rix 322, Bornmüller 3176, Siehe 182, Sintenis 6078, Balls 516); Iraq? (Kotschy 73), Lebanon (fide Mouterde 1978: 37).

Notes.

The small ovate-triangular leaves and the softly tomentose indumentum help to identify this species. It might be confused with some forms of Convolvulus stachydifolius but the sepals are ovate and rather larger.

Koch, K, 1849. Beitraege zu einer Flora des Orients. Linnaea 22: 597 - 752

Mouterde, P, 1978. . Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie volume 3: 32 - 43

Sa'ad, F, 1967. The Convolvulus species of the Canary Isles, the Mediterranean region, and the Near and Middle East. Mededelingen van het Botanisch Museum en Herbarium van de Rijksuniversite Utrecht. Bronder Offset, Rotterdam: 1 - 287

Tohme, G, Tohme, H, 2007. Illustrated Flora of Lebanon. National Council for Scientific Research, Beirut: 1 - 609