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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Convolvulus spithamaeus
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calystegia spithamaea ssp. spithamaea
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Calystegia spithamaea ssp. spithamaea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Key to the bindweeds (Calystegia/Convolvulus, Convolvulaceae) of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding, 2013)
Calystegia spithamaea ssp. spithamaea
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-06-004?:
Calystegia spithamaea FAMILY Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Convolvulus spithamaeus
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Convolvulus spithamaeus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 14
Calystegia spithamaea ssp. spithamaea
COMMON NAME:
Low Bindweed, Upright Bindweed
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cosp6_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Convolvulus spithamaeus
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calystegia spithamaea ssp. spithamaea
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Calystegia spithamaea ssp. spithamaea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Key to the bindweeds (Calystegia/Convolvulus, Convolvulaceae) of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding, 2013)
Calystegia spithamaea ssp. spithamaea
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-06-004?:
Calystegia spithamaea
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Convolvulus spithamaeus
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Convolvulus spithamaeus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 14
Calystegia spithamaea ssp. spithamaea
3490
Herbaceous vine
Perennial
Habitat: Dry limestone areas or on dry, rich shales. Ridges, taluses, and dry openings, per Weakley's Flora
Native north of the Carolinas & Georgia
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p075
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p072?
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest: Northeastern US (Clemants & Gracie, 2006) p270?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p199?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p236?
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p130?
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