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

Catesby's false bindweed

Habit Perennials, rhizomatous. Perennials, rhizomatous.
Herbage

glabrous.

pubescent to tomentose, hairs usually whitish.

Stems

twining-climbing.

usually twining-climbing, sometimes proximally erect, distally twining-climbing, to 40–200(–300) cm.

Leaves

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

blade elliptic-ovate, to 120 × 50 mm, base lobed, lobes obtuse or rounded, to 20 mm.

Bracts

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

immediately subtending sepals, lanceolate, 12–34 × 10–22 mm, proximally ± keeled, margins ± enfolding sepals, apex acute.

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 11–17 mm;

corolla white, 44–64(–70) mm.

Calystegia silvatica

Calystegia catesbeiana

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 the flora).

Plants of Calystegia catesbeiana, especially subsp. catesbeiana, often have been misidentified as C. sepium because of their climbing habit.

(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 weakly twining-climbing, some­times proximally erect, to 40(–100) cm; leaf blades to 60 mm, basal lobes obtuse or rounded, to 11 mm, surfaces usually pubescent, abaxial rarely whitish.
subsp. catesbeiana
1. Stems twining-climbing to 200(–300) cm; leaf blades to 120 mm, basal lobes rounded, 9–20 mm, surfaces densely pubescent to tomentose, abaxial usually whitish.
subsp. sericata
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. atriplicifolia, 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. catesbeiana subsp. catesbeiana, C. catesbeiana subsp. sericata
Synonyms Convolvulus silvaticus
Name authority (Kitaibel) Grisebach: Spic. Fl. Rumel. 2: 74. (1844) — (as sylvatica) Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 729. (1813)
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