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

Stebbins' false bindweed, Stebbins' morning-glory

Habit Perennials, rhizomatous. Perennials, underground stems ± woody.
Herbage

glabrous.

hairy, hairs appressed or spreading, whitish.

Stems

twining-climbing.

trailing or 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 palmately 7–9-lobed, lobes linear to linear-oblong, to 55 × 6 mm, base ± truncate.

Bracts

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

to 18 mm distant from sepals, margins palmately 3–7(–9)-lobed, lobes to 18 × 3 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 7–11 mm, basally glabrous or hairy;

corolla cream, yellow, or pink-striped, 30–35 mm.

Calystegia silvatica

Calystegia stebbinsii

Phenology Flowering Apr–Jul.
Habitat Chaparral, foothills.
Elevation 300–700 m. (1000–2300 ft.)
Distribution
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North America; Europe; Asia; Pacific Islands (New Zealand); temperate regions
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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 stebbinsii is notable for having no intermediates or hybrids with any other species or any significant infraspecific variants. In some characters, it is similar to C. vanzuukiae; they grow in similar habitats.

(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. pubescens, C. purpurata, C. sepium, C. silvatica, C. soldanella, C. spithamaea, 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) Brummitt: Kew Bull. 29: 499, fig. 1. (1974)
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