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Calystegia purpurata

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Species of morning glory

Calystegia purpurata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Convolvulaceae
Genus: Calystegia
Species: C. purpurata
Binomial name
Calystegia purpurata
(Greene) Brummitt

Calystegia purpurata is a species of morning glory known by the common names smooth Western morning glory or Pacific false bindweed.

It is endemic to California, where it grows in the seaside scrub of the coastline and the chaparral of the coastal and inland valleys.

Description

Calystegia purpurata is a robust perennial herb growing from a woody caudex and extending spreading or climbing stems up to 70 centimeters. The lobed leaves are up to 5 centimeters long and generally triangular in shape.

The inflorescence produces 1 to 5 flowers atop peduncles. The flower is a morning glory up to 5 centimeters wide, in color white, pink, purple, or white or cream with purple stripes.

References

  1. "Calflora_Convolvulaceae".
  2. "Kinds of Calystegia". Archived from the original on 2013-09-06.

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Taxon identifiers
Calystegia purpurata


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