Calystegia collina
Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 52: 215. 1965.
Endemic
Basionym: Convolvulus collinus Greene Pittonia 3: 326. 1898
Synonyms: C. malacophyllus subsp. collinus (Greene) Abrams
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 14.
Perennials, rhizomatous. Herbage tomentellous, tomentose, or villous. Stems ascending-decumbent, to 50 cm, sometimes almost absent. Leaves in basal rosettes; blade usually triangular, sometimes notably 3-lobed, to 40 mm, base ± lobed, lobes oblong to triangular, 1–3-pointed, margins ± undulate or not, apex rounded to acute. Bracts immediately subtending sepals, lanceolate, linear-elliptic, or ovate, 5–17 × 1.5–14 mm. Flowers: sepals 8–13 mm; corolla white, (25–)27–50(–55) mm.
Distribution
California.
Discussion
Subspecies 5 (5 in the flora).
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
Key
1 | Leaf blades notably 3-lobed, lobes oblong to triangular, margins not notably undulate; bracts 1.5–3.5 mm wide. | Calystegia collina subsp. tridactylosa |
1 | Leaf blades triangular, usually basally lobed and lobes 1–3-pointed, weakly lobed in subsp. collina, margins undulate or not; bracts 4–14 mm wide. | > 2 |
2 | Sepals glabrous or medially strigose. | > 3 |
3 | Leaf blades ± triangular, base weakly lobed, lobes seldom well developed, apex rounded to subacute. | Calystegia collina subsp. collina |
3 | Leaf blades broadly triangular, basal lobes well developed, apex acute. | Calystegia collina subsp. oxyphylla |
2 | Sepals, at least outers, hairy, hairs appressed. | > 4 |
4 | Leaf blades mostly 40 × 40 mm, margins not undulate. | Calystegia collina subsp. apicum |
4 | Leaf blades mostly 10–20 × 10–20 mm, margins undulate. | Calystegia collina subsp. venusta |