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hedge bindweed, large bindweed, morning-glory, short-stalk false bindweed

night-blooming morning-glory, nightblooming false bindweed

Habit Perennials, rhizomatous. Perennials, rhizomatous.
Herbage

glabrous.

glabrous.

Stems

twining-climbing.

ascending-decumbent, erect, suberect, or trailing, to 10–50 cm or almost absent.

Leaves

blade ± cordate, to 50–120 mm, base rounded or lobed, lobes rounded or 1-pointed, basal sinus ± quadrate to rounded.

blade rounded-deltate or triangular-hastate, 20–40(–60) mm wide, base cuneate or lobed, lobes at right angles to midrib or slightly retrorse, apex acute to obtuse.

Bracts

immediately subtending sepals, lanceolate, to 30 × 15–35 mm, proximally saccate, margins strongly enfolding sepals, apex obtuse to truncate.

immediately subtending sepals, elliptic, ovate, or suborbiculate, 8–19 × 3–18 mm, proximally flat or saccate, scarcely to closely enfolding sepals, apex acute, emarginate, obtuse, or rounded.

Flowers

sepals oval to ovate, 15–23 mm;

corolla white, sometimes pinkish-striped, rarely otherwise pink-tinged, 43–70[–88] mm;

stamens 23–40 mm;

anthers 4–6.5 mm.

sepals 10–15 mm;

corolla white, sometimes pink or purple-striped, 31–73 mm.

Calystegia silvatica

Calystegia atriplicifolia

Distribution
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North America; Europe; Asia; Pacific Islands (New Zealand); temperate regions
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Discussion

Subspecies 3 (2 in the flora).

Subspecies silvatica is native to eastern Mediterranean Europe; it has corollas (50–)55–75(–88) mm, stamens (25–)28–36(–39) mm, and bract apices emarginate to truncate.

Intermediates between Calystegia silvatica and C. sepium may be due to ancient or recent hybridization.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Subspecies 2 (2 in flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Key
1. Peduncles 1–2 per axil; anthers 4–5 mm.
subsp. fraterniflora
1. Peduncles 1 per axil; anthers 5–6.5 mm.
subsp. disjuncta
1. Stems usually suberect or trailing, to 35 cm, sometimes almost absent; leaf blades mostly 40–60 mm wide; bracts 14–19 × 9–18 mm, proximally saccate, apex emarginate to rounded; corollas 40–73 mm.
subsp. atriplicifolia
1. Stems ascending-decumbent to erect, 10–50 cm; leaf blades mostly 20–40 mm wide; bracts 8–12 × 3–9 mm, proximally flat, apex acute to obtuse; corollas 31–44 mm.
subsp. buttensis
Source FNA vol. 14. FNA vol. 14.
Parent taxa Convolvulaceae > Calystegia Convolvulaceae > Calystegia
Sibling taxa
C. atriplicifolia, C. catesbeiana, C. collina, C. felix, C. hederacea, C. longipes, C. macounii, C. macrostegia, C. malacophylla, C. occidentalis, C. peirsonii, C. pubescens, C. purpurata, C. sepium, C. soldanella, C. spithamaea, C. stebbinsii, C. subacaulis, C. vanzuukiae
C. catesbeiana, C. collina, C. felix, C. hederacea, C. longipes, C. macounii, C. macrostegia, C. malacophylla, C. occidentalis, C. peirsonii, C. pubescens, C. purpurata, C. sepium, C. silvatica, C. soldanella, C. spithamaea, C. stebbinsii, C. subacaulis, C. vanzuukiae
Subordinate taxa
C. silvatica subsp. disjuncta, C. silvatica subsp. fraterniflora
C. atriplicifolia subsp. atriplicifolia, C. atriplicifolia subsp. buttensis
Synonyms Convolvulus silvaticus
Name authority (Kitaibel) Grisebach: Spic. Fl. Rumel. 2: 74. (1844) — (as sylvatica) Hallier f.: Bull. Herb. Boissier 5: 385, plate 13, fig. 2. (1897)
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