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Sierra false bindweed
Scientific Name: Calystegia malacophylla ssp. malacophylla
Family: Convolvulaceae
Category: Dicot
Growth: Vine, Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
Other Names:
Sierra False Bindweed (Calystegia malacophylla)
Calystegia malacophylla, commonly known as Sierra false bindweed, is a species of morning glory endemic to California.
Common Names
- Sierra false bindweed
- Sierra morning glory
- Woolly morning glory
- Hillside morning glory
- Coast range false bindweed
- Jepson's Morning Glory
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
- Scientific Name: Calystegia malacophylla (Greene) Munz
- Family: Convolvulaceae (Morning Glory family)
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Synonyms:
- Calystegia fulcrata (A. Gray) Brummitt ssp. malacophylla (Greene) Brummitt
- Convolvulus malacophyllus Greene
- Subspecies:
- Calystegia malacophylla ( Greene) Munz subsp. malacophylla
- Calystegia malacophylla ssp. pedicellata
- Calystegia malacophylla ssp. malacophylla
- Varieties:
- Calystegia malacophylla ( Greene) Munz var. malacophylla
- C. m. malacophylla varit. berryi
- C. m. malacophylla varit. malacophylla
Distribution and Habitat
- Endemic to California.
- Found in the Sierra Nevada, Coast Ranges of California, and Lake County, California.
- Specific locations mentioned include the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Padres National Forest, and the northern Sierra Nevada foothills.
Morphology and Growth Habits
- A vine forb/herb of the genus Calystegia.
- Perennial, meaning it lives for more than two years.
- It trails more than it climbs, growing along the ground.
- Small in size.
- Evergreen, retaining its leaves year-round.
- In summer, it often assumes a white coloring.