Calystegia subacaulis
Hill morning glory, hillside false bindweed
moderately to sparsely hairy, hairs appressed, retrorse, or spreading.
ascending-decumbent, to 20–30 cm or almost absent.
in basal rosettes or not;
blade rounded-deltate to triangular-hastate, 30–40 mm, base usually cuneate, sometimes lobed, lobes retrorse, 1-pointed or rounded, margins not or weakly undulate, apex acuminate, acute, rounded, or subacute.
immediately subtending sepals, lanceolate, oblong, or broadly ovate, 7–17 × 1.5–9 mm, shorter, or slightly longer, than sepals, proximally usually flat, sometimes keeled, apex usually rounded, sometimes acute.
sepals 10–13 mm;
corolla white or cream, sometimes pink- to purplish-striped or -tinged, 33–62 mm.
Calystegia subacaulis
Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora).
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
1. Herbage moderately to sparsely hairy, hairs retrorse to spreading; stems almost absent or to 2 cm; leaves in basal rosettes, blade apices usually rounded to acuminate, sometimes subacute; bracts (4–)6–9 mm wide. | subsp. subacaulis |
1. Herbage sparsely hairy, hairs appressed; stems ascending-decumbent, to 20–30 cm; leaves not in basal rosettes, blade apices acute; bracts 1.5–4 mm wide. | subsp. episcopalis |
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