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

low false bindweed, upright false bindweed

Habit Perennials, rhizomatous. Perennials, rhizomatous.
Herbage

glabrous.

glabrate or tomentose, hairs sometimes whitish.

Stems

twining-climbing.

erect, 10–35(–50) cm.

Leaves

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

blade narrowly to broadly elliptic, to 80 × 35 mm, base cuneate, rounded, or lobed, lobes rounded or ± 1-pointed, to 11 mm.

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, oblong, or oval, (13–)16–25(–29) × 8–14(–20) mm, proximally flat or ± keeled, apex acute to obtuse, closely enfolding sepals.

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 12–17 mm;

corolla white, 35–63(–67) mm.

Calystegia silvatica

Calystegia spithamaea

Distribution
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North America; Europe; Asia; Pacific Islands (New Zealand); temperate regions
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e North America; c North America
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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 3 (3 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. Habit ± lax; herbage glabrate to pubescent; leaf blades ultimately ± flat.
subsp. spithamaea
1. Habit ± compact; herbage tomentose, hairs sometimes whitish; leaf blades ± conduplicate.
→ 2
2. Leaf blade bases usually lobed, lobes to 5(–6) mm, sometimes cuneate; corollas (38–)43–59(–64) mm; plants (10–)15–35(–40 cm).
subsp. stans
2. Leaf blade bases lobed, lobes 4–11 mm; corollas 35–47(–53) mm; plants (15–)25–35(–40) cm.
subsp. purshiana
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. sepium, C. silvatica, C. soldanella, C. stebbinsii, C. subacaulis, C. vanzuukiae
Subordinate taxa
C. silvatica subsp. disjuncta, C. silvatica subsp. fraterniflora
C. spithamaea subsp. purshiana, C. spithamaea subsp. spithamaea, C. spithamaea subsp. stans
Synonyms Convolvulus silvaticus Convolvulus spithamaeus
Name authority (Kitaibel) Grisebach: Spic. Fl. Rumel. 2: 74. (1844) — (as sylvatica) (Linnaeus) Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 143. (1813)
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