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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Convolvulus limnophilus
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
The former Calystegia sepium has now been split out into several species, not to mention all now in the genus Convolvulus. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calystegia sepium ssp. limnophila
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Convolvulus limnophilus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Convolvulus limnophilus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Key to the bindweeds (Calystegia/Convolvulus, Convolvulaceae) of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding, 2013)
Convolvulus limnophilus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Convolvulus limnophilus
INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Calystegia sepium
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-06-002:
Calystegia sepium FAMILY Convolvulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Convolvulus sepium var. sepium
COMMON NAME:
Coastal Plain Bindweed
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Convolvulus limnophilus
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calystegia sepium ssp. limnophila
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Convolvulus limnophilus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Convolvulus limnophilus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Key to the bindweeds (Calystegia/Convolvulus, Convolvulaceae) of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding, 2013)
Convolvulus limnophilus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Convolvulus limnophilus
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Calystegia sepium
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-06-002:
Calystegia sepium
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Convolvulus sepium var. sepium
4358
Herbaceous vine
Perennial
Habitat: woodland edges, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p384
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p324?
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p072
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