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

hedge bindweed, hedge false bindweed, larger bindweed, western hedge bindweed

Habit Perennials, rhizomatous. Perennials, rhizomatous.
Herbage

glabrous.

glabrate, glabrous, or 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 linear, ovate, broadly to narrowly triangular, or triangular-hastate, (24–)36–50(–150) mm, base usually lobed, sometimes nearly truncate, lobes usually 1- or 2-pointed, sometimes rounded, basal sinus usually acute to rounded, rarely almost closed.

Bracts

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

immediately subtending sepals, in subsp. erratica, intergrading with sepals, oblong, oval, or ovate, 12–34 × 5–26(–28) mm, proximally flat or keeled, not or scarcely saccate, margins not or scarcely enfolding sepals, apex acute to subobtuse or truncate.

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 lanceolate, 10–19(–25) mm;

corolla pink or white, (28–)30–70(–80) mm.

Calystegia silvatica

Calystegia sepium

Distribution
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North America; Europe; Asia; Pacific Islands (New Zealand); temperate regions
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North America; South America; Europe; Asia; Africa
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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 8 (6 in the flora).

Subspecies of Calystegia sepium mostly show strong geographic separation; morphologic intermediates between subspecies of C. sepium and between C. sepium and other species of Calystegia make taxonomy difficult. Subspecies roseata Brummitt is known from Atlantic coasts of Europe, temperate coasts of South America, Easter Island, New Zealand, and Australia; subsp. spectabilis Brummitt is known from Europe and Asia.

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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. Corollas white.
→ 2
2. Leaf blade basal sinuses acute; corollas 30–50 mm; stamens 17–24 mm.
subsp. sepium
2. Leaf blade basal sinuses rounded; corollas (28–)44–65(–80) mm; stamens 19–32 mm.
→ 3
3. Leaf blades broadly triangular, basal lobes spreading, ± 2-pointed.
subsp. angulata
3. Leaf blades linear to narrowly triangular, basal lobes slightly to abruptly spreading, 1-pointed or rounded.
subsp. binghamiae
1. Corollas pink.
→ 4
4. Leaf blade basal sinuses almost closed; bracts intergrading with sepals.
subsp. erratica
4. Leaf blade sinuses acute or rounded; bracts not intergrading with sepals.
→ 5
5. Herbage usually pubescent to tomentose, sometimes glabrate or glabrous; leaf blade sinuses acute.
subsp. americana
5. Herbage glabrous; leaf blade sinuses rounded.
subsp. appalachiana
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. pubescens, C. purpurata, C. silvatica, C. soldanella, C. spithamaea, C. stebbinsii, C. subacaulis, C. vanzuukiae
Subordinate taxa
C. silvatica subsp. disjuncta, C. silvatica subsp. fraterniflora
C. sepium subsp. americana, C. sepium subsp. angulata, C. sepium subsp. appalachiana, C. sepium subsp. binghamiae, C. sepium subsp. erratica, C. sepium subsp. sepium
Synonyms Convolvulus silvaticus Convolvulus sepium
Name authority (Kitaibel) Grisebach: Spic. Fl. Rumel. 2: 74. (1844) — (as sylvatica) (Linnaeus) R. Brown: Prodr., 483. (1810)
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