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Common Name: Coastal Plain Bindweed
Weakley's Flora: (2/10/25) Convolvulus binghamiae FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Calystegia sepium ssp. limnophila FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Calystegia sepium 158-06-002 FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
Habitat: Marshes, woodland edges
Uncommon in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Northeastern Bindweed
Weakley's Flora: (2/10/25) Convolvulus americanus FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Calystegia sepium ssp. americana FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Calystegia sepium 158-06-002? FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
Habitat: Openings, woodland edges, brackish shores, salt marshes
Rare
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Appalachian Bindweed
Weakley's Flora: (2/10/25) Convolvulus appalachianus FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Calystegia sepium ssp. appalachiana FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Calystegia sepium 158-06-002? FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
Habitat: Woodland edges, disturbed areas
Common in NC Mountains, rare in Piedmont
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Twin-flowered Bindweed, Twoflower Bindweed, Shortstalk False Bindweed
Weakley's Flora: (2/10/25) Convolvulus fraterniflorus FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Calystegia silvatica ssp. fraterniflora FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Calystegia sepium 158-06-002? FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
Habitat: Thickets, roadsides, fields, streambanks, disturbed areas
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Blue Ridge Bindweed, Silky Bindweed, Downy False Bindweed
Weakley's Flora: (2/10/25) Convolvulus sericatus FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Calystegia catesbeiana FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Calystegia sericata 158-06-003 FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
Habitat: Openings in dry to dry-mesic montane forests
Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare in GA & SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Catesby's Bindweed, Catesby's False Bindweed
Weakley's Flora: (2/10/25) Convolvulus catesbyanus FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT PLANTS National Database: Calystegia catesbeiana FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Calystegia sericata 158-06-003? FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
Habitat: Longleaf pine savannas, marsh edges, openings in dry to dry-mesic montane forests
Uncommon in Mountains, rare elsewhere
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Shale Bindweed
Weakley's Flora: (2/10/25) Convolvulus purshianus FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Calystegia spithamaea ssp. stans FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Calystegia spithamaea 158-06-004 FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
Habitat: Shale barrens and woodlands, less typically on limestone
Rare
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name: Low Bindweed, Upright Bindweed
Weakley's Flora: (2/10/25) Convolvulus spithamaeus FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Calystegia spithamaea ssp. spithamaea FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Calystegia spithamaea 158-06-004? FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
Habitat: Dry limestone areas or on dry, rich shales. Ridges, taluses, and dry openings
Native north of the Carolinas & Georgia
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