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Calystegia silvatica

Botanic Family

Convolvulaceae

Author

(Kitaibel In Schrader) Grisebach

Common Names

• Greater Bindweed
• Larger Bindweed

Geographical Habitats

• Albania
• Algeria
• Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Bulgaria
• Saskatchewan - Canada
• S. China
• Croatia
• Egypt
• France
• Greece
• Iran
• Italy
• Lebanon
• Macedonia
• Montenegro
• Morocco
• Rumania
• Russia
• Serbia
• Slovenia
• Spain
• Syria
• Tunisia
• Turkey
• Ukraine
• Alabama
• Arkansas
• Connecticut
• District of Colombia
• Georgia
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Maryland
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Missouri
• Nebraska
• New York
• North Dakota
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Pennsylvania
• South Dakota
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Vermont
• Virginia
• West Virginia
• Wisconsin - USA

Natural Habitats

• Wasteland
• coastal

Flowering Times

• Jul-Sep

Fruiting Times

Herbaceous perennial rhizomatous twiner with glabrous twining stems often tinged purple where exposed to sunlight. Leaves to 180mm x 150mm with 1-2 small lobes. Solitary 90mm white sometimes flushed pink flowerswith 34mm x 36mm, sepals to 18mm long. Fruit a capsule to 15mm long.

Further References

• Jones & Gray 1977
• Huxley 1992
• E & M 1970
• FONZ
• FOBI
• Bodkin
• The Plant List 2
• G. Don
• Botanicus
• Kew