| Convolvulaceae |
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Convolvulus cantabrica L. |
 Convolvulus cantabrica L. |
Convolvulus L. |
| C. cantabrica L., Sp. PI. 1:158 (1753). Syn: C. cardiosepalus Boiss., Fl. Or. 4:96 (1875); C. euxinus Petrov in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 44:142 (1935). Ic: Polunin & Huxley, Fls. Medit. f. 137 (1965); Sa'ad, op. cit. t. 7 f. 8-18 (1967). Figure 6, p. 201. Woody-based perennial, stems prostrate, erect or ascending, occasionally divaricately branching, 10-45 cm, ± hirsute with adpressed or spreading hairs. Lower leaves oblong-spathulate, 2-4 x 0.7-1-5 cm, with petiole 2 cm or longer; upper sessile, oblanceolate to linear, adpressed-hairy with some spreading hairs. Flowers terminal and axillary in 1-4-flowered long-peduncled (usually) loose cymes. Outer sepals spreading-hairy, ovate-oblanceolate, 6-8 x 4 mm, acuminate. Corolla pink, very rarely white, 2-2.5 cm. Ovary hairy. Fl. 4-8. Macchie, edge of pPinus brutia woods, rocky and turfy slopes, chalky, clay and shale hanks, roadsides, s.l.-1700 m. Described from Italy, Sicily, Narbonne & Verona (lectotype Hb. Linn. 218/48). N.Turkey & S. Anatolia; rare in W. & C. Anatolia & Islands. A1(E) Tekirdağ: Ganos Da., 800 m, A. Baytop (lSTE 13551)! A1(A) Balikesir: Marmara adasi, S. side, A.Baytop (ISTE 13687)! A2(E) Istanbul: Rumelihisari, Balls 2397! A2(A) Bilecik: N. side of pass from Bilecik to Pazaryeri, 500 m, D. 36461! A3 Eskişehir: Sündiken Da., Kuşbaşli De., Ekim 385! A4 Zonguldak: d. Bartin, Amasra peninsula, s.l., Khan et al. 783! A5 Sinop: S. promontory, Sinop, Tohey 1027! A6 Samsun: Nebyan Da. road, 100 m, Tohey 329a! A7 Trabzon: 35 km from Trabzon to Meryemana, 610 m, Apold et al. 81! A8 Çoruh: nr Artvin, 940 m, M.Zohary & Plitm. 2561-47(!). A9 Çoruh: Ardanuç to Kordevan Da., 1100 m, D. 30088! Bl lzmir: Edremit to Bergama, Dudley (D. 34847)! B4 Ankara: Hüseyingazi nr Ankara, 4 vi 1932, Kotte(!). Cl Muğla: 12 km from Milas to Ören, 130 m, Dudley (D. 35027)! C2 Muğla: 6 km from Muğla to Yatağan, 700 m, Simon 69-199(!). C3 Burdur: 8 km from Bucak to Pomucak, 800 m, Jackson 5071 ! C5 Adana: d. Karsanti, Pos ormani, Akören, 940 m, Ytırdakıdol R7! C6 Hatay: above lskenderun, 100-300 m, D. 26973! Is: Rodhos, Ferrini. Mediterranean area. Balkans, Caucasia. N., W. & C. Iran. C. cantahrica has a markedly disjunct distribution between N. and S. Anatolia and is far more common in the former area. Occasionally, forms are found with linear leaves and some or all sepal hairs adpressed (e.g. Bl lzmir: Bornova, Fit: & Spitz. 1012!) or withsome spreading hairs on the stem and sepals smaller than usual (e.g. A2(E) Istanbul: Ortakoy, 28 vii 1896, Nemetz!). Sepal size and shape may vary markedly on the same plant. |