Calystegia occidentalis
| Calystegia occidentalis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Convolvulaceae |
| Genus: | Calystegia |
| Species: | C. occidentalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Calystegia occidentalis (A.Gray) Brummitt
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Calystegia occidentalis is a species of morning glory known by the common name chaparral false bindweed.[1][2]
It is native to California and Oregon, where it grows in hilly and mountain habitat, such as woodland and chaparral slopes and the high Sierra Nevada.[3]
Description[]
Calystegia occidentalis is a woody perennial herb producing spreading or twisting and climbing branches, usually quite hairy in texture. The small leaves are up to 4 centimeters long and lobed into various spade or arrowhead shapes.
The inflorescence is one to four flowers atop a single peduncle, each bloom 2 to 5 centimeters wide and white to cream to yellow in color.
References[]
External links[]
- Calflora: Calystegia occidentalis (bush morning glory, chaparral false bindweed, western morning glory)
- Jepson Manual Treatment: Calystegia occidentalis
- UC Photos gallery — Calystegia occidentalis
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Categories:
- Calystegia
- Flora of California
- Flora of Oregon
- Flora of the Klamath Mountains
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.)
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
- Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
- Solanales stubs