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

lucky false bindweed, lucky morning-glory

Habit Perennials, rhizomatous. Perennials, rhizomatous.
Herbage

glabrous.

glabrous or sparsely hairy.

Stems

twining-climbing.

trailing or twining-climbing.

Leaves

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

blade oblong, oblong-ovate, orbiculate, or ovate, 45–122 × 30–96 mm, base cordate and lobes rounded or base cuneate to ± truncate.

Bracts

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

(1–)2–3(–4) mm distant from sepals, narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, 5–14 × 1–2.5(–3.5) mm, shorter than or equal to sepals, proximally flat, margins entire.

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 lance-ovate to narrowly oblong, outers 8–11 × 2.5–5 mm, inners 11–15 × 3.5–4 mm;

corolla white with yellow or purplish stripes, 27–45 mm.

Calystegia silvatica

Calystegia felix

Phenology Flowering Mar–Sep.
Habitat Poorly drained alkali silt loams, disturbed sites.
Elevation 10–300 m. (0–1000 ft.)
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.)

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
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. collina, 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
Synonyms Convolvulus silvaticus
Name authority (Kitaibel) Grisebach: Spic. Fl. Rumel. 2: 74. (1844) — (as sylvatica) Provance & A. C. Sanders: PhytoKeys 32: 5, figs. 1–3. (2013)
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