Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Blue Ridge Bindweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Solanales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Convolvulus sericatus
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calystegia catesbeiana
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Calystegia catesbeiana ssp. sericata
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Calystegia spithamaea
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-06-003:
Calystegia sericata
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Convolvulus sericatus
COMMON NAME:
Blue Ridge Bindweed, Silky Bindweed, Downy False Bindweed
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JK Marlow jkm120414_862b
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Distinguished by soft, felty pubescence on the trailing stem and leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
JK Marlow jkm120414_864
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Leaves tapered to a sharp point, leaf base heart-shaped and hastate, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
JK Marlow jkm120506_655
May Oconee County SC
Flowers funnel-shaped, to 2" long, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
JK Marlow jkm120506_666
May Oconee County SC
In the genus Calystegia, 2 large bracts below the calyx conceal the sepals, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.