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Calystegia subacaulis is a species of morning glory known by the common name hillside false bindweed. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is endemic to California , where it grows in the North and Central California Coast Ranges and the San Francisco Bay Area , in woodland and chaparral scrub habitat.
Calystegia purpurata is a species of morning glory known by the common names smooth Western morning glory or Pacific false bindweed. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is endemic to California , where it grows in the seaside scrub of the coastline and the chaparral of the coastal and inland valleys.
Members of the family are well known as food plants (e.g. sweet potatoes and water spinach), as showy garden plants (e.g. morning glory) and as troublesome weeds (e.g. bindweed (mainly Convolvulus and Calystegia) and dodder), while Humbertia madagascariensis is a medium-sized tree and Ipomoea carnea is an erect shrub. Some parasitic members of ...
Convolvulus / k ə n ˈ v ɒ l v juː l ə s / [1] is a genus of about 200 [2] to 250 [3] [4] species of flowering plants in the bindweed family Convolvulaceae, [5] with a cosmopolitan distribution. Common names include bindweed and morning glory; both are names shared with other closely related genera.
The plant is native to California coastal sage and chaparral habitats, along the coasts in Southern California and into Baja California, Mexico. It is found on all the Channel Islands, source of its common names. It is also commonly found in the Peninsular Ranges, Transverse Ranges, and Outer Southern California Coast Ranges.
Calystegia (bindweed, false bindweed, or morning glory) is a genus of about 25 species of flowering plants in the bindweed family Convolvulaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution in temperate and subtropical regions, but with half of the species endemic to California .
Calystegia malacophylla is a species of morning glory known by the common name Sierra false bindweed [1] [2]. It is endemic to California , where it grows in several of the mountain ranges, including the Central Coast Ranges and the Sierra Nevada .
Calystegia silvatica (large bindweed) is the largest species of bindweed and is a strong rampant climber. It is native to southern Europe but has been introduced to many other areas because it is an attractive garden plant. Calystegia silvatica subsp. fraterniflora (Mack. & Bush) Brummitt (short-stalked false bindweed) is native to North ...