Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Solanales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Calystegia silvatica ssp. fraterniflora
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calystegia silvatica ssp. fraterniflora
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
LESS THAN
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Calystegia sepium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Convolvulus sepium var. fraterniflorus
COMMON NAME:
Twin-flowered Bindweed, Short-stalk False Bindweed
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cofr7_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm140701_504
July Greenville County SC
Cleveland Park
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JK Marlow jkm140701_505
July Greenville County SC
Cleveland Park
Bracts distinctly overlap and conceal the majority of the sepals, per Bindweeds of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding, 2013).
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JK Marlow jkm140701_514
July Greenville County SC
Cleveland Park
Flowers occasionally in pairs in axils, per Bindweeds of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding, 2013).
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JK Marlow jkm140701_516
July Greenville County SC
Cleveland Park
Margins of bracts overlapping at least half their length, per Bindweeds of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding, 2013).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_silvatica_frater
July
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JK Marlow jkm140804_305
August Greenville County SC
Cleveland Park
Leaf sinus broad and usually squared-off (quadrate) with 2 parallel sides, per Bindweeds of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding, 2013).
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JK Marlow jkm140804_308
August Greenville County SC
Cleveland Park
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JK Marlow jkm140804_309
August Greenville County SC
Cleveland Park
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JK Marlow jkm140814_497
August Greenville County SC
Swamp Rabbit Trail
Stems strongly twining, to 4m+ long; flowers borne along middle & upper stems, per Weakley's Flora.