Convolvulus oleifolius var. angustifolius Beg . & A.Vacc., Sp. Rare Fl. Libia 2. 1912. ( Beguinot and Vaccari 1912: 2).

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

157c. Convolvulus oleifolius var. angustifolius Beg. & A.Vacc., Sp. Rare Fl. Libia 2. 1912. ( Beguinot and Vaccari 1912: 2).

Convolvulus oleifolius var. deserti Pamp., Arch. Bot. ( Forlì) 12: 40.1936. ( Pampanini 1936a: 40). Type. LIBYA, Cyrenaica, Pampanini s.n. (holotype FI!).

Type.

LIBYA, Cyrenaica, Vaccari 437 (holotype FI!)

Distinguishing features.

Distinguished by its rigid, more or less fastigiate habit, the branches all woody. Leaves are linear, 1-1.5 × 0.2 cm and mostly absent below. The hairs on the bracteoles and calyx are shorter than in the type.

Distribution.

Reported from Libya, Cyprus and Turkey (Syngrassides 381, Seligman s.n. in Casey 1657).