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

Paiute false bindweed, Piute morning glory

Habit Perennials, rhizomatous. Subshrubs, rootstock woody.
Herbage

glabrous.

glabrous.

Stems

twining-climbing.

erect, sometimes intertwined.

Leaves

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

blade usually linear to narrowly triangular, sometimes ovate, to 60 mm, base not lobed, or hastate-lobed and lobes ± linear, oblong, or triangular, 1-pointed.

Bracts

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

5–20(–50) mm distant from sepals, lanceolate to linear, 3–17 × 0.2–3 mm, margins entire or lobed.

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 oblong-ovate, 8–11 mm;

corolla white or cream, sometimes pink-tinged, 28–36(–47) mm.

Calystegia silvatica

Calystegia longipes

Phenology Flowering Apr–Jul.
Habitat Dry, rocky sites, desert scrub.
Elevation 200–2500 m. (700–8200 ft.)
Distribution
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North America; Europe; Asia; Pacific Islands (New Zealand); temperate regions
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AZ; CA; NV; UT; Mexico (Baja 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.)

Intermediates between Calystegia longipes and C. macrostegia subsp. tenuifolia, and between C. longipes and C. peirsonii, occur in southern California.

(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. felix, C. hederacea, 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 Convolvulus longipes
Name authority (Kitaibel) Grisebach: Spic. Fl. Rumel. 2: 74. (1844) — (as sylvatica) (S. Watson) Brummitt: Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 52: 214. (1965)
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