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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="F14" captionText="Figure 14. 1 - 7 Convolvulus oppositifolius 1 leaf 2 outer sepal 3 inner sepal 4 stamen 5 ovary and stigma 6 capsule 7 seeds. From Popov 68 / 46 (BM) 8 - 12 Convolvulus jefferyi 8 leaf 9 outer sepal 10 inner sepal 11 stamen 12 ovary and style. From Greenway 10454 (K) 13 - 20 Convolvulus scopulatus 13 leaf 14 outer sepal 15 middle sepal 16 inner sepal 17 stamen 18 ovary and style 19 calyx when fruiting 20 seeds. From Miller at al. 8142 (E) 21 - 28 Convolvulus sericophyllus 21 habit showing inflorescence 22 basal leaf 23 bract 24 calyx 25 outer sepal 26 inner sepal 27 stamen 29 ovary and style. From Waring 57 (BM) 29 - 36 Convolvulus stenocladus 29 habit showing inflorescence and bracteole 30 leaf 31 outer sepal 32 inner sepal 33 stamen 34 ovary and style 35 capsule 36 seed. From Thulin 6589 (K) 37 - 43 Convolvulus socotranus 37 leaf 38 bract 39 outer sepal 40 inner sepal 41 stamen 42 ovary and style with bracteole 43 calyx and capsule 44 seed. From Balfour et al. 73 (OXF)." pageId="128" pageNumber="129">Figure 14, t. 1-7</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="128" pageNumber="129">Type.</paragraph>
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OMAN, 
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6763/2 (holotype E00285430!).
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<paragraph pageId="128" pageNumber="129">Description.</paragraph>
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Low undershrub from a woody base reaching c. 30 cm; stems densely tomentellous with white, spreading hairs, becoming stiff and rather woody when old and said to form a candelabra-shaped plant. Leaves alternate below but mostly opposite upwards, subsessile, 5-13 
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2-5 mm, elliptic or oblong-elliptic, apex acute to rounded, margin entire, base cuneate to truncate, glandular and hirsute with short spreading hairs on both surfaces; petioles 0-1 mm. Flowers 1-2 in small sessile, axillary clusters near the branch tips; peduncles and pedicels absent or nearly so; bracteoles 6 
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2 mm, oblong, acute; outer sepals 7-8 
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1.8-2 mm, lanceolate, acute, green near apex but membranous below, sericeous; inner sepals narrower (1.5-1.8 mm wide) with membranous margin; corolla 11-13 mm long, pinkish or &quot;pale blue&quot;, midpetaline bands villous; ovary glabrous; style glabrous, divided c. 6 mm above base, stigmas short, clavate. Capsule glabrous, seeds minutely rugulose.
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<paragraph pageId="128" pageNumber="129">Distribution.</paragraph>
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Endemic to Oman (
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6492; 
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9462, 
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3263; 
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7895/15, 
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68/35, 68/46).
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<paragraph pageId="128" pageNumber="129">Notes.</paragraph>
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Very distinct because of the short clavate stigmas and small, tomentose leaves arranged oppositely towards the branch tips. Some plants have very reduced leaves giving the plant a somewhat different facies (e.g., 
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68/23, BM) and have been confused with 
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