Calystegia occidentalis

Calystegia occidentalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Asterids
Order:Solanales
Family:Convolvulaceae
Genus:Calystegia
Species: C. occidentalis
Binomial name
Calystegia occidentalis
(A.Gray) Brummitt

Calystegia occidentalis is a species of morning glory known by the common name chaparral false bindweed.[1][2]

It is native to California and Oregon, where it grows in hilly and mountain habitat, such as woodland and chaparral slopes and the high Sierra Nevada.[3]

Description

Calystegia occidentalis is a woody perennial herb producing spreading or twisting and climbing branches, usually quite hairy in texture. The small leaves are up to 4 centimeters long and lobed into various spade or arrowhead shapes.

The inflorescence is one to four flowers atop a single peduncle, each bloom 2 to 5 centimeters wide and white to cream to yellow in color.

References

  1. "Convolvulaceae_Calflora".
  2. "Chaparral False Bindweed_Discovery Life".
  3. "Calystegia occidentalis_Distribution_EOL".


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