Common Name: MORNING-GLORY FAMILY Habit: Annual, perennial herb, subshrub, generally twining or trailing. Leaf: 0 or alternate. Inflorescence: cyme or flowers 1 in axils; bracts subtending flowers 0 or 2. Flower: bisexual, radial; sepals (4)5, +- free, overlapping, persistent, often unequal; corolla generally showy, generally bell-shaped, +- shallowly 5-lobed, generally pleated and twisted in bud; stamens 5, epipetalous; pistil 1, ovary superior, chambers generally 2, each generally 2-ovuled, styles 1--2. Fruit: generally capsule. Seed: 1--4(6). Genera In Family: 55--60 genera, 1600--1700 species: warm temperate to tropics; some cultivated for food or as ornamental (Ipomoea). Note: Monophyletic only if Cuscutaceae included, as treated here. Ipomoea cairica (L.) Sweet, Ipomoea hederacea Jacq. [Ipomoea nil L., misappl.], Ipomoea indica (Burm.) Merr. (including Ipomoea mutabilis Ker Gawl.), Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth, Ipomoea triloba L., all included in TJM (1993), not naturalized. eFlora Treatment Author: Robert E. Preston, except as noted Scientific Editor: Thomas J. Rosatti.
Common Name: MORNING-GLORY Habit: Perennial herb, subshrub from caudex or rhizome, glabrous to tomentose. Stem: short to high-climbing, generally twisting, twining. Leaf: generally > 1 cm, linear to reniform or sagittate to hastate (deeply divided). Inflorescence: peduncle generally 1-flowered; bracts generally +- opposite, lobed or not, > 1 mm below calyx, not hiding it, small, to < 1 mm below calyx, hiding it or +- so, large. Flower: generally showy; corolla glabrous, white or yellow to pink or purple; ovary chamber 1, style 1, stigma lobes 2, oblong, tips obtuse. Fruit: +- spheric, +- inflated. Seed: generally +- 4. Etymology: (Greek: hiding calyx, by bracts of some) Note: Intermediates common, often difficult to identify. Molecular evidence indicates close relationship with Convolvulus (Carine et al. 2004 Amer J Bot 91:1070--1085). Bracts qualify as bractlets by some definitions. Leaf blade length measured along midrib. eFlora Treatment Author: R.K. Brummitt Reference: Brummitt 2002 Madroño 49:130--131 Unabridged Reference: Brummitt 1980 Kew Bull 35(2):327--328
Habit: Perennial herb from woody caudex; puberulent to finely tomentose. Stem: decumbent to strongly climbing. Leaf: blade generally 1.5--4 cm; lobes generally +- distinct, rounded to 2-tipped; sinus rounded to +- square or tapered. Inflorescence: peduncle 1--4-flowered, < to +- > subtending leaf; bracts generally +- not hiding calyx, 5--12 mm, linear to +- round, +- sessile or stalked, entire or toothed or lobed like leaves. Flower: sepals 9--15 mm; corolla 20--48 mm, white to creamy yellow.
Calystegia occidentalis (A. Gray) Brummitt subsp. occidentalis
NATIVE Stem: decumbent to strongly climbing, generally > 1 m. Leaf: lobes generally indistinct, generally 2-tipped. Inflorescence: peduncle (1)2--4-flowered; bracts 1--7 mm below calyx, 4--18 mm, 1--5 mm wide, generally +- linear-oblong, entire. Ecology: Dry slopes, chaparral, pine woodland; Elevation: < 1200 m. Bioregional Distribution: KR, NCoR, CaRH, SNH, SnFrB, MP; Distribution Outside California: Oregon. Flowering Time: May--Jul Synonyms: Convolvulus fruticetorum Greene; Convolvulus polymorphus Greene Unabridged Note: Intergrades with Calystegia atriplicifolia subsp. buttensis, Calystegia collina subsp. tridactylosa, Calystegia malacophylla, Calystegia occidentalis subsp. fulcrata, Calystegia peirsonii, Calystegia purpurata subsp. purpurata, Calystegia subacaulis. Evaluation under way of Calystegia occidentalis var. tomentella (Greene) Brummitt [Convolvulus tomentellus Greene] (leaves +- equilateral, bracts +- 1 mm below calyx; CaR, southern SN (Greenhorn Mountains), Teh). Jepson eFlora Author: R.K. Brummitt Reference: Brummitt 2002 Madroño 49:130--131 Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) Previous taxon: Calystegia occidentalis subsp. fulcrata Next taxon: Calystegia peirsonii
Botanical illustration including Calystegia occidentalis subsp. occidentalis
Citation for this treatment: R.K. Brummitt 2012, Calystegia occidentalis subsp. occidentalis, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=49559, accessed on April 25, 2024.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 25, 2024.
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