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Calystegia macrostegia is a woody perennial herb or small shrub which may be a low herbaceous vine or a stout, woody, climbing plant which can approach 9 metres (30 ft) in length. The triangular leaves may be over 10 centimeters wide. The vine produces white, to very pale pink, to lavender blooms, often according to drought or temperature.
Vitis californica is a deciduous vine. It is fast growing and can grow to over 10 metres (33 ft) in length. [2] It climbs on other plants or covers the ground with twisted, woody ropes of vine covered in green leaves.
Easy to grow and maintain, this vine flourishes in sunny spots, like a porch, patio, or deck, with well-drained soil, rewarding gardeners with a profusion of blooms from late spring to early fall ...
In the fields of horticulture and botany, the term deciduous (/ d ɪ ˈ s ɪ dʒ u. ə s /) [1] [2] means "falling off at maturity" [3] and "tending to fall off", [4] in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, after flowering; and to the shedding of ripe fruit.
The leaves range from 1 to 10 centimetres (1 ⁄ 2 to 4 inches) long and are pinnately divided with 2–4 threadlike lobes less than 5 cm long. Their leaves are hairy and light green to gray in color; the margins of the leaves curl under. [3] The inflorescences are leafy, narrow, and sparse. The capitula are less than 5 millimetres (3 ⁄ 16 in ...
Cuscuta California var. apiculata – This variety has an ovoid to conic shaped ovary and fruit, with a pointed tip, and one seed. Cuscuta californica var. californica – This variety has a spheric to spheric-depressed shaped ovary and fruit, with 2 to 4 seeds, and does not have a papillate perianth or pedicels .
Aristolochia californica is a deciduous vine. [5] It grows from rhizomes, to a length usually around 5 feet (1.5 m), but can reach over 20 feet (6.1 m). [5] The twining trunk can become quite thick in circumference at maturity.
Residents living on the largest area of natural vegetation on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, 30 miles south of downtown Los Angeles, used to call the coastal ground movement slowly shifting beneath ...