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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Solanales

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



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calystegia catesbeiana   FAMILY Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Calystegia catesbeiana ssp. sericata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Calystegia catesbeiana ssp. sericata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Key to the bindweeds (Calystegia/Convolvulus, Convolvulaceae) of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding, 2013)

Calystegia catesbeiana ssp. sericata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Calystegia 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:
Blue Ridge Bindweed, Silky Bindweed, Downy False Bindweed


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image of Convolvulus sericatus, Blue Ridge Bindweed, Silky Bindweed, Downy False Bindweed

JK Marlow    jkm120330_210

March    Pickens County    SC

image of Convolvulus sericatus, Blue Ridge Bindweed, Silky Bindweed, Downy False Bindweed

JK Marlow    jkm120414_862b

April    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

Distinguished by soft, felty pubescence on the trailing stem and leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Convolvulus sericatus, Blue Ridge Bindweed, Silky Bindweed, Downy False Bindweed

JK Marlow    jkm120414_864

April    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

Leaves tapered to a sharp point, leaf base heart-shaped and hastate, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Convolvulus sericatus, Blue Ridge Bindweed, Silky Bindweed, Downy False Bindweed

JK Marlow    jkm120414_868

April    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

image of Convolvulus sericatus, Blue Ridge Bindweed, Silky Bindweed, Downy False Bindweed

JK Marlow    jkm0505e_30

May    Oconee County    SC

image of Convolvulus sericatus, Blue Ridge Bindweed, Silky Bindweed, Downy False Bindweed

JK Marlow    jkm120506_655

May    Oconee County    SC

Flowers funnel-shaped, to 2" long, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Convolvulus sericatus, Blue Ridge Bindweed, Silky Bindweed, Downy False Bindweed

JK Marlow    jkm120506_666

May    Oconee County    SC

In the genus Calystegia, 2 large bracts below the calyx conceal the sepals, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Convolvulus sericatus, Blue Ridge Bindweed, Silky Bindweed, Downy False Bindweed

JK Marlow    s061029_b

October    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

 

 

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calystegia catesbeiana   FAMILY Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Calystegia catesbeiana ssp. sericata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Calystegia catesbeiana ssp. sericata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Key to the bindweeds (Calystegia/Convolvulus, Convolvulaceae) of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding, 2013)
Calystegia catesbeiana ssp. sericata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Calystegia 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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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)

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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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