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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Convolvulus sericatus
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Blue Ridge Bindweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calystegia catesbeiana
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Calystegia catesbeiana ssp. sericata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Calystegia catesbeiana ssp. sericata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Key to the bindweeds (Calystegia/Convolvulus, Convolvulaceae) of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding, 2013)
Calystegia catesbeiana ssp. sericata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Calystegia catesbeiana
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, 1938)
Convolvulus sericatus
COMMON NAME:
Blue Ridge Bindweed, Silky Bindweed, Downy False Bindweed
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JK Marlow jkm120330_210
March Pickens County SC
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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 (Smith, 1998).
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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, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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JK Marlow jkm120414_868
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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JK Marlow jkm250415_2431
April Pickens County SC
Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm0505e_30
May Oconee County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120506_655
May Oconee County SC
Flowers funnel-shaped, to 2" long, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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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 (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow s061029_b
October Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Convolvulus sericatus
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calystegia catesbeiana
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Calystegia catesbeiana ssp. sericata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Calystegia catesbeiana ssp. sericata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Key to the bindweeds (Calystegia/Convolvulus, Convolvulaceae) of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding, 2013)
Calystegia catesbeiana ssp. sericata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Calystegia catesbeiana
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, 1938)
Convolvulus sericatus
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Climbing herbaceous vine (twining)
Perennial
Habitat: Openings in dry to dry-mesic montane forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
White
5-merous or rarely 4-merous
5 sepals
Shallowly 5-lobed (or merely wavy-edged) funnelform corolla
Superior ovary
Flowers solitary in lower or middle leaf axils
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p148
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p179
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p075
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p072
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p130
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