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

hairy false bindweed

Habit Perennials, rhizomatous. Perennials.
Herbage

glabrous.

sparsely hairy or glabrous.

Stems

twining-climbing.

trailing to twining-climbing, to 100 cm.

Leaves

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

blade oblong-hastate to narrowly triangular, to 60+ mm, margins ± parallel at mid blade, base lobed, lobes abruptly spreading, ± triangular, apex acute to obtuse.

Bracts

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

immediately subtending sepals, lance-ovate, 15–21(–24) × 8–14 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 8–12+ mm;

corolla usually pink, sometimes red or white, 40–67 mm, horticultural doubles, limb multilobed;

margins entire;

stamens and ovaries absent.

2n

= 22.

Calystegia silvatica

Calystegia pubescens

Phenology Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat Abandoned plantings, disturbed sites.
Distribution
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North America; Europe; Asia; Pacific Islands (New Zealand); temperate regions
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from FNA
CT; DC; DE; IL; KS; MA; ME; MI; MO; NH; NJ; NY; PA; TN; VT; ON; QC; Asia [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Europe]
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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.)

The nomenclatural type of Calystegia pubescens may prove to be conspecific with the type of Convolvulus japonicus Thunberg. Plants are sterile; reproduction is by rhizomes.

(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. peirsonii, 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) Lindley: J. Hort. Soc. London 1: 70, fig. [p. 71]. (1846)
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