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

morning glory, Sierra false bindweed

Habit Perennials, rhizomatous. Perennials, rhizomatous.
Herbage

glabrous.

tomentose to villous.

Stems

twining-climbing.

ascending, decumbent, or procumbent, to 60(–100) cm.

Leaves

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

not in rosettes;

blade usually broadly to narrowly triangular, sometimes ± reniform, 30–60 × 30–90 mm, base lobed, lobes 1–3-pointed, margins not notably undulate, apex acuminate, acute, emarginate, or obtuse.

Bracts

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

usually immediately subtending sepals and lanceolate to broadly ovate, rarely to 7 mm distant from sepals and narrowly triangular to subreniform, (7–)10–18(–20) × (5–)7–14(–15) mm, lengths usually equal to or longer than sepals, margins entire, lobed, or toothed.

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 9–13(–15) mm, densely hairy;

corolla white, (20–)26–38(–45) mm.

Calystegia silvatica

Calystegia malacophylla

Distribution
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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 2 (2 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. Herbage: hairs (dry) usually dull to golden brown, rarely grayish; leaf blades usually broadly triangular, sometimes ± reniform, 30–60 × 40–90 mm, basal lobes 2(–3)-pointed, apex usually acute or emarginate, sometimes acuminate; peduncles 3–5 cm.
subsp. malacophylla
1. Herbage: hairs (dry) usually gray, sometimes dull brown; leaf blades narrowly triangular, 30–45 × 30–40 mm, basal lobes 1(–2)-pointed, apex usu­ally acute, sometimes obtuse; peduncles 6–9 cm.
subsp. pedicellata
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. longipes, C. macounii, C. macrostegia, 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. malacophylla subsp. malacophylla, C. malacophylla subsp. pedicellata
Synonyms Convolvulus silvaticus Convolvulus malacophyllus
Name authority (Kitaibel) Grisebach: Spic. Fl. Rumel. 2: 74. (1844) — (as sylvatica) (Greene) Munz: Suppl. Calif. Fl., 85. (1968)
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