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

Coast Range false bindweed, hillside morning glory

Habit Perennials, rhizomatous. Perennials, rhizomatous.
Herbage

glabrous.

tomentellous, tomentose, or villous.

Stems

twining-climbing.

ascending-decumbent, to 50 cm, sometimes almost absent.

Leaves

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

in basal rosettes;

blade usually triangular, sometimes notably 3-lobed, to 40 mm, base ± lobed, lobes oblong to triangular, 1–3-pointed, margins ± undulate or not, apex rounded to acute.

Bracts

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

immediately subtending sepals, lanceolate, linear-elliptic, or ovate, 5–17 × 1.5–14 mm.

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 8–13 mm;

corolla white, (25–)27–50(–55) mm.

Calystegia silvatica

Calystegia collina

Distribution
from USDA
North America; Europe; Asia; Pacific Islands (New Zealand); temperate regions
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California
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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 5 (5 in the 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. Leaf blades notably 3-lobed, lobes oblong to triangular, margins not notably undulate; bracts 1.5–3.5 mm wide.
subsp. tridactylosa
1. Leaf blades triangular, usually basally lobed and lobes 1–3-pointed, weakly lobed in subsp. collina, margins undulate or not; bracts 4–14 mm wide.
→ 2
2. Sepals glabrous or medially strigose.
→ 3
3. Leaf blades ± triangular, base weakly lobed, lobes seldom well developed, apex rounded to subacute.
subsp. collina
3. Leaf blades broadly triangular, basal lobes well developed, apex acute.
subsp. oxyphylla
2. Sepals, at least outers, hairy, hairs appressed.
→ 4
4. Leaf blades mostly 40 × 40 mm, margins not undulate.
subsp. apicum
4. Leaf blades mostly 10–20 × 10–20 mm, margins undulate.
subsp. venusta
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. catesbeiana, 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. collina subsp. apicum, C. collina subsp. collina, C. collina subsp. oxyphylla, C. collina subsp. tridactylosa, C. collina subsp. venusta
Synonyms Convolvulus silvaticus Convolvulus collinus, C. malacophyllus subsp. collinus
Name authority (Kitaibel) Grisebach: Spic. Fl. Rumel. 2: 74. (1844) — (as sylvatica) (Greene) Brummitt: Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 52: 215. (1965)
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