Calystegia atriplicifolia subsp. atriplicifolia

Endemic
Synonyms: Convolvulus nyctagineus Greene
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 14.

Stems usually suberect or trailing, to 35 cm, sometimes almost absent. Leaf blades rounded-deltate or triangular-hastate, mostly 40–60 mm wide, lobes retrorse or at right angles to midrib. Bracts 14–19 × 9–18 mm, proximally saccate, closely enfolding sepals, apex emarginate to rounded. Flowers: sepals 12–14 mm; corollas 40–73 mm.


Phenology: Flowering May–Aug.
Habitat: Grassy, wooded sites.
Elevation: 70–1700 m.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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