| Family | CONVOLVULACEAE |
| Genus species | Convolvulus oleifolius Desr. |
| Bibliography | Encycl. [J.B.A.M.de Lamarck] 3: 552 (1792) |
| Native Range | Malta to e. Medit. |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 0-100m |
| Description | sericeous, leaves linear to linear-oblanceolate, sessile, entire, flowers terminal, solitary or in 2-12-flowered cyme, corolla 17-20mm long |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | pale pink |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring after soaking in water cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Convolvulus linearis Curtis Convolvulus lineatus Sm. Convolvulus oleifolius var. pauciflorus Feinbrun Convolvulus oleifolius ssp. scopulorum (Rech.f.) Greuter & Pleger Convolvulus oleifolius var. scopulorum Rech.f. Convolvulus tournefortii Sieber ex Spreng. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece, KRI Kriti, SIC Sicilia) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (EGY Egypt, LBY Libya) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (CYP Cyprus, EAI East Aegean Is., LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, SIN Sinai, TUR Turkey) |