Calystegia catesbeiana

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Common name: Catesby's Bindweed

Calystegia catesbeiana
Calystegia catesbeiana AFP.jpg
Photo by the Atlas of Florida Plants Database
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Order: Solanales
Family: Convolvulaceae
Genus: Catystegia
Species: C. catesbeiana
Binomial name
Calystegia catesbeiana
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Natural range of Calystegia catesbeiana from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Taxonomic Notes

Synonyms: Calystegia spithamaea; Calystegia sericata (House) Bell; Convolvulus sericatus House; Convolvulus spithamaeus Linnaeus var. pubescens (Gray) Fernald.[1]

Subspecies: Calystegia catesbeiana Pursh ssp. catesbeiana; Calystegia catesbeiana Pursh ssp. sericata (House) Brummitt.[1]

Description

C. catesbeiana is a perennial forb/herb and vine of the Convolvulaceae family native to North America. [2] Stems erect or decumbent, rarely twining; lvs to 5 cm long, basally lobed; corollas white, to 5 cm long and wide; flrs axillary from lower axils only. [3]

Distribution

C. catesbeiana can be found in the southeastern corner of the United States. [2]

Ecology

Habitat

C. catesbeiana proliferates in longleaf pine savannas, marsh edges, and openings in dry to dry-mesic montane forests.[4] It has also been observed in slightly distubed areas in forests (tree-fall, etc.), moist rich clay loam, shaded loamy sand, and a roadside depression.[5]

Phenology

C. catesbeiana has been observed flowering from March to May.[6][5]

Fire ecology

The species has been observed in mature longleaf-wiregrass savanna communities that are frequently burned.[5]


Conservation, cultivation, and restoration

C. catesbeiana is listed as endangered by the Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry. [2]

Cultural use

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References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 USDA Plant Database https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CACA101
  3. Coile, N. C. (2000). Notes on Florida's Regulated Plant Index (Rule 5B-40), Botany Contribution No. 38, 3nd edition. Gainesville, Florida, Florida Deaprtment of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry.
  4. Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: March 2019. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Wilson Baker, Bill Boothe, Marcia Boothe, R. Kral, Richard S. Mitchell, and Gil Nelson. States and Counties: Florida: Jackson and Leon. Georgia: Thomas. Alabama: Talladega.
  6. Nelson, G. PanFlora: Plant data for the eastern United States with emphasis on the Southeastern Coastal Plains, Florida, and the Florida Panhandle. www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ Accessed: 16 MAY 2018