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Calystegia sp.

Calystegia sp.


Family: Convolvulaceae
Order: Solanales
Class: Magnoliopsida
Phylum / Division: Magnoliophyta
Kingdom: Plantae

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Description


Calystegia (bindweed, false bindweed, or morning glory) is a genus of about 25 species of flowering plants in the bindweed family Convolvulaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution in temperate and subtropical regions, but with half of the species endemic to California.

 They are annual or herbaceous perennial twining vines growing 1–5 m tall, with spirally arranged leaves. The flowers are trumpet-shaped, 3–10 cm diameter, white or pink, with (in most species) a sometimes inflated basal epicalyx.

The genus bears much similarity to a related genus Convolvulus, and is sometimes combined with it; it is distinguished primarily by the pollen being smooth, and in the ovary being unilocular.

Taxonomy: It was described by Robert Brown in 1810.
Etymology: The name is derived from two Greek words κάλυξ (kálux) "cup", and στέγη (stégē) "a covering", meaning "covering cup", this refers to the large bracts that cover the sepals.

Species: The following species are recognised in the genus Calystegia:
  • Calystegia affinis
  • Calystegia atriplicifolia – nightblooming false bindweed
  • Calystegia binghamiae
  • Calystegia brummittii
  • Calystegia catesbiana – Catesby´s false bindweed
  • Calystegia collina – Coast Range false bindweed
  • Calystegia felix
  • Calystegia hederacea – Japanese false bindweed
  • Calystegia × howittiorum
  • Calystegia × krauseana
  • Calystegia longipes – Paiute false bindweed, plateau morning glory
  • Calystegia × lucana
  • Calystegia macaunii – Macoun´s false bindweed
  • Calystegia macrostegia – island false bindweed
  • Calystegia malacophylla – sierra false bindweed
  • Calystegia marginata – small-flowered white bindweed New Zealand
  • Calystegia × melnikovae
  • Calystegia occidentalis – chaparral false bindweed
  • Calystegia peirsonii – Peirson´s false bindweed
  • Calystegia pellita – hairy false bindweed
  • Calystegia pubescens
  • Calystegia × pulchra – hairy bindweed
  • Calystegia purpurata – Pacific false bindweed
  • Calystegia × scania
  • Calystegia sepium – large bindweed, hedge bindweed, bearbind, hedgebell (type species)
  • Calystegia silvatica – great bindweed, shortstalk bindweed
  • Calystegia soldanella – sea bindweed, seashore false bindweed, beach morning glory
  • Calystegia spithamaea – low false bindweed, upright bindweed
  • Calystegia stebbinsii – Stebbins´ false bindweed, Stebbins´ morning glory
  • Calystegia subacaulis – hillside false bindweed
  • Calystegia tuguriorum – New Zealand bindweed, pōuwhiwhi, pōwhiwhi, rarotawake
  • Calystegia vanzuukiae


Ecology: Some of the species, notably Calystegia sepium and C. silvatica, are problematic weeds, which can swamp other more valuable plants by climbing over them, but some are also deliberately grown for their attractive flowers.

Calystegia species are eaten by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Bedellia somnulentella (recorded on C. sepium) and small angle shades.

Source: Wikipedia, article Calystegia sp.. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 18/07/2026.





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Mar de las Pampas
Buenos Aires
Argentina
12/13/2025
Eduardo Nadal



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
240371313/12/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresMar de las PampasEduardo Nadal
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Calystegia sp. – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 15/09/2026.