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

Photo is of parent taxon

shortstalk false bindweed

Habit Perennials, rhizomatous.
Herbage

glabrous.

Stems

twining-climbing.

Leaves

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

blades: basal sinus ± quadrate.

Bracts

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

Peduncles

1–2 per axil.

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.

corolla rarely pink-tinged, 43–70 mm;

anthers 4–5 mm.

2n

= 20.

Calystegia silvatica

Calystegia silvatica subsp. fraterniflora

Phenology Flowering Jun–Oct.
Habitat Grassy banks, prairies, roadsides.
Distribution
from USDA
North America; Europe; Asia; Pacific Islands (New Zealand); temperate regions
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from FNA
AR; CT; DC; GA; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; MA; MD; MI; MO; NY; OH; PA; SC; TN; TX; VA; VT; WV; Asia (China); Pacific Islands (New Zealand)
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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.)

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 > Calystegia silvatica
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. silvatica subsp. disjuncta
Subordinate taxa
C. silvatica subsp. disjuncta, C. silvatica subsp. fraterniflora
Synonyms Convolvulus silvaticus Convolvulus sepium var. fraterniflorus, C. silvatica subsp. orientalis
Name authority (Kitaibel) Grisebach: Spic. Fl. Rumel. 2: 74. (1844) — (as sylvatica) (Mackenzie & Bush) Brummitt: Kew Bull. 35: 332. (1980)
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