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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Convolvulus americanus
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. americana
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Calystegia sepium ssp. americana
INCLUDING Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Convolvulus sepium var. americanus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Calystegia sepium ssp. americana
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
INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Convolvulus sepium var. repens
INCLUDED WITHIN Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Convolvulus sepium var. repens
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Convolvulus americanus
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Convolvulus repens
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 14
Calystegia sepium ssp. americana
COMMON NAME:
Northeastern Bindweed
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Convolvulus americanus
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calystegia sepium ssp. americana
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Calystegia sepium ssp. americana
INCLUDING
Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Convolvulus sepium var. americanus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Calystegia sepium ssp. americana
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
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Convolvulus sepium var. repens
INCLUDED WITHIN
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Convolvulus sepium var. repens
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Convolvulus americanus
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Convolvulus repens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 14
Calystegia sepium ssp. americana
4357
Herbaceous vine
Perennial
Habitat: Openings, woodland edges, brackish shores, salt marshes, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Pale 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 in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall?
Capsule
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