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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Convolvulus americanus
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calystegia sepium ssp. americana
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Calystegia sepium ssp. americanum
INCLUDING
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Convolvulus sepium var. americanus
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-06-002:
Calystegia sepium
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Convolvulus sepium var. repens
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Convolvulus americanus
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Convolvulus repens
COMMON NAME:
Northeastern Bindweed
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Convolvulus americanus
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calystegia sepium ssp. americana
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Calystegia sepium ssp. americanum
INCLUDING
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Convolvulus sepium var. americanus
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-06-002:
Calystegia sepium
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Convolvulus sepium var. repens
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Convolvulus americanus
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Convolvulus repens
4357
Herbaceous vine
Perennial
Native to North Carolina
Rare
Habitat: Openings, woodland edges, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pale 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 in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
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