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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Convolvulus stans
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.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calystegia spithamaea ssp. purshiana
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Calystegia spithamaea ssp. stans
INCLUDING Flora of North America
Calystegia spithamaea ssp. purshiana
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Calystegia spithamaea ssp. purshiana
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
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 (4/14/23):
Convolvulus stans
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calystegia spithamaea ssp. purshiana
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Calystegia spithamaea ssp. stans
INCLUDING
Flora of North America
Calystegia spithamaea ssp. purshiana
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Calystegia spithamaea ssp. purshiana
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
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
3310
Herbaceous vine
Perennial
Habitat: Shale barrens and woodlands, less typically on limestone, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare
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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
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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