NameThatPlant.net: Convolvulus sericatus

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Convolvulus sericatus FAMILY Convolvulaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Blue Ridge Bindweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calystegia catesbeiana FAMILY Convolvulaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-06-003:

Calystegia sericata FAMILY Convolvulaceae

COMMON NAME:
Blue Ridge Bindweed, Silky Bindweed, Downy False Bindweed

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Convolvulus sericatus FAMILY Convolvulaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calystegia catesbeiana FAMILY Convolvulaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-06-003:
Calystegia sericata FAMILY Convolvulaceae

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Climbing herbaceous vine (twining)
Perennial

Habitat: Openings in dry to dry-mesic montane forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in NC Mountains (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:
Summer
White
5-merous or rarely 4-merous
5 sepals
Shallowly 5-lobed (or merely wavy-edged) funnelform corolla
Superior ovary

Flowers solitary in lower or middle leaf axils

FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule

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