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

Peirson's false bindweed, Peirson's morning-glory

Habit Perennials, rhizomatous. Perennials, rhizomatous.
Herbage

glabrous.

glabrous, sometimes glaucous.

Stems

twining-climbing.

decumbent, procumbent, or ± twining-climbing, 15–40 cm.

Leaves

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

blade narrowly triangular-hastate, to 20 mm, base lobed, lobes ± oblong to rhombic, 1-pointed, basal sinus quadrate to rounded.

Bracts

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

immediately subtending, or to 3 mm distant from, sepals, elliptic to broadly elliptic-oblong, 3–7 × 2.5–4 mm, 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 9–13 mm;

corolla white, 25–40 mm.

Calystegia silvatica

Calystegia peirsonii

Phenology Flowering May–Jun.
Habitat Chaparral, desert scrub, dry, rocky, gravelly slopes.
Elevation 300–1600 m. (1000–5200 ft.)
Distribution
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North America; Europe; Asia; Pacific Islands (New Zealand); temperate regions
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CA
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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.)

Calystegia peirsonii intergrades with C. longipes and C. macrostegia subspp. cyclostegia and intermedia.

(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. longipes, C. macounii, C. macrostegia, C. malacophylla, C. occidentalis, 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 peirsonii
Name authority (Kitaibel) Grisebach: Spic. Fl. Rumel. 2: 74. (1844) — (as sylvatica) (Abrams) Brummitt: Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 52: 214. (1965)
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