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Calystegia catesbeiana

Botanic Family

Convolvulaceae

Author

Pursh

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Alabama
• Florida
• Georgia
• Kentucky
• Mississippi
• North Carolina
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Virginia
• West Virginia - USA

Natural Habitats

• Edge of marsh
• dry thickets

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Tomentose twining vine to 600mm, usually erect or decumbent, usually twining at tips but not strongly climbing. White flowers to 50mm wide with 5 small green sepals, leagfy bracts to 20mm long at base of flower. Lobed leaves to 50mm long. Fruit a capsule to 10mm wide enclosed in leafy bracts.

Further References

• NYBG
• USDA
• The Plant List 2
• G. Don
• http://gakrakow.github.io