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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/8/20):
 Convolvulus stans   FAMILY Convolvulaceae   Go to FSUS key

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calystegia spithamaea ssp. purshiana   FAMILY Convolvulaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database
 Calystegia spithamaea ssp. stans

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of Virginia (Weakley, Ludwig & Townsend, 2012)
 Calystegia spithamaea ssp. stans

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-06-004:
 Calystegia spithamaea   FAMILY Convolvulaceae

INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
 Convolvulus purshianus

INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
 Convolvulus spithamaeus

 

COMMON NAME:
 Shale Bindweed

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/8/20):
 Convolvulus stans   FAMILY Convolvulaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calystegia spithamaea ssp. purshiana   FAMILY Convolvulaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database
 Calystegia spithamaea ssp. stans

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of Virginia (Weakley, Ludwig & Townsend, 2012)
 Calystegia spithamaea ssp. stans

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-06-004:
 Calystegia spithamaea   FAMILY Convolvulaceae

INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
 Convolvulus purshianus

INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
 Convolvulus spithamaeus

 

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3310

Herbaceous vine
Perennial

Native to North Carolina & possibly Georgia and/or South Carolina

Rare (an endemic)

Habitat: Shale barrens and woodlands, less typically on limestone, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White (rarely pink)
5-merous or rarely 4-merous
5 sepals
Shallowly 5-lobed (or merely wavy-edged) campanulate to funnelform corolla
5 stamens
Superior ovary

Flowers solitary (rarely 2-4) in lower leaf axils only

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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