Straggly low woody shrub with rigid or herbaceous branches , almost leafless ; up to 60cm . Leaves alternate , sessile , linear-lanceolate , base truncate to auriculate , apex acute , margins often inrolled , glabrous , deciduous . Flowers in pedunculate axillary clusters ; sepals unequal ; petals white , glabrous , close in the afternoon . Fruit capsule , ovoid , glabrous . Seeds dark brown . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .
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Convolvulus mascatensis Boiss.
Convolvulus virgatus var. subaphyllus Boiss.
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Dwarf Morning Glory
Infusion of the plant root is used as a drink to treat sever colic. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).
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