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Morphology
- Stem
- Plants glabrous or with few scattered hairs. Stems trailing or twining.
- Leaves
- Petiolate; blade hastate to sagittate or cordate, 1.2 to 4 inches long, .6 to 3 inches wide, base cordate, sagittate, or hastate, sinus at base of leaf blade V-shaped or U-shaped, blade tissue beginning at point of attachment of petiole.
- Inflorescence
- 1-flowered; bracts 2, leaf-like, enclosing calyx: peduncles 1.2 to 5 inches.
- Flower
- Sepals 5, lanceolate, .5 to .6 inch; corolla white, funnelform, 5-angled, 1.2 to 2.4 inches; stamens (4-)5, equal, stamen filaments papillose basally; style 1; stigmas 2, oblong to ovate.
- Fruit
- Capsules ovoid, .4 to .6 inch; seeds black, ca. 1/5 inch, glabrous.
Ecology
- Habitat
- Roadsides, fields, pastures, floodplains, and waste areas
- Distribution
- Occurs statewide
Additional Notes
Comments
Calystegia, cup and cover, alluding to the bracts that enclose the calyx and sepium, of hedges. Kansas plants are subsp. angulata Brummitt.
Synonyms
Alternative scientific names that have been used for this plant.
Scientific Name: Convolvulus sepium
Full Citation: Convolvulus sepium L.
Quick Facts
- Plant Type
- Wildflower
- Family
- Convolvulaceae - Morning-glory Family
- Life Span
- Perennial
- Height
- Trailing or twining, 80 to 120 inches long
- Origin
- Native
- Last Updated
- 2014-05-18
Color Groups
White, Green & Greenish White Wildflowers
Flowering Period
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Blooms: May, June, July, August, September, October