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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Convolvulus purshianus
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Shale Bindweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calystegia spithamaea ssp. stans
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Calystegia spithamaea ssp. stans
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 purshianus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 14
Calystegia spithamaea ssp. purshiana
COMMON NAME:
Shale Bindweed
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Convolvulus purshianus
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calystegia spithamaea ssp. stans
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Calystegia spithamaea ssp. stans
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 purshianus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 14
Calystegia spithamaea ssp. purshiana
3310
Herbaceous vine
Perennial
Habitat: Shale barrens and woodlands, less typically on limestone, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare
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!
- 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 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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