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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Convolvulus catesbyanus
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Catesby's Bindweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calystegia catesbeiana
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Calystegia catesbeiana ssp. catesbeiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Weakley's Flora (2018)
Convolvulus catesbeianus
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Flora of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen [& Franck], 2015 et seq.)
Calystegia catesbeiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Key to the bindweeds (Calystegia/Convolvulus, Convolvulaceae) of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding, 2013)
Calystegia catesbeiana ssp. catesbeiana
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Calystegia spithamaea
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-06-003?:
Calystegia sericata FAMILY Convolvulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Convolvulus sericatus
COMMON NAME:
Catesby's Bindweed, Catesby's False Bindweed
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JK Marlow jkm180504_1655
May Meriwether-Talbot Counties GA
Sprewell Bluff WMA
Its large bracts almost hide sepals, per Key to the Bindweeds (Calystegia/Convolvulus, Convolvulaceae) of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding, 2013).
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JK Marlow jkm180504_1656
May Meriwether-Talbot Counties GA
Sprewell Bluff WMA
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JK Marlow jkm180505_1853
May Pike County GA
Camp Thunder VPA
Flowers borne mostly from lower or median axils, per Key to the Bindweeds (Calystegia/Convolvulus, Convolvulaceae) of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding, 2013).
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JK Marlow jkm180505_1858
May Pike County GA
Camp Thunder VPA
Leaves velvety, but not densely tomentose, and smaller than ssp. sericata, per Key to the Bindweeds (Calystegia/Convolvulus, Convolvulaceae) of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding, 2013).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Convolvulus catesbyanus
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calystegia catesbeiana
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Calystegia catesbeiana ssp. catesbeiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Weakley's Flora (2018)
Convolvulus catesbeianus
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Flora of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen [& Franck], 2015 et seq.)
Calystegia catesbeiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Key to the bindweeds (Calystegia/Convolvulus, Convolvulaceae) of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding, 2013)
Calystegia catesbeiana ssp. catesbeiana
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Calystegia spithamaea
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-06-003?:
Calystegia sericata
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Convolvulus sericatus
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Herbaceous vine, trailing or weakly twining
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine savannas, marsh edges, openings in dry to dry-mesic montane forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Mountains, rare elsewhere
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p075
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p072
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