Calystegia felix

Provance & A. C. Sanders

PhytoKeys 32: 5, figs. 1–3. 2013.

Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 14.

Perennials, rhizomatous. Herb­age glabrous or sparsely hairy. Stems trailing or twining-climbing. Leaves: blade oblong, oblong-ovate, orbiculate, or ovate, 45–122 × 30–96 mm, base cordate and lobes rounded or base cuneate to ± truncate. Bracts (1–)2–3(–4) mm distant from sepals, narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, 5–14 × 1–2.5(–3.5) mm, shorter than or equal to sepals, proximally flat, margins entire. Flowers: sepals lance-ovate to narrowly oblong, outers 8–11 × 2.5–5 mm, inners 11–15 × 3.5–4 mm; corolla white with yellow or purplish stripes, 27–45 mm.


Phenology: Flowering Mar–Sep.
Habitat: Poorly drained alkali silt loams, disturbed sites.
Elevation: 10–300 m.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.