Calystegia spithamaea (L.) Pursh ssp. spithamaea
Detail
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Botanical Name
- Calystegia spithamaea (L.) Pursh ssp. spithamaea
- Common Name
- Low Bindweed
- Synonym(s)
- Convolvulus spithamaeus L. var. spithamaeus
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Calystegia spithamaea (L.) Pursh ssp. spithamaea
- Comments
- See also the map and comments for Calystegia spithamaea ssp. purshiana. This ssp. occasionally overlaps with ssp. purshiana in the Ridge and Valley, but is more characteristic of the metamorphic (often mafic) rock substrates of the Blue Ridge and Piedmont.
- Habitat
- Dry-mesic to dry, open forests, woodlands, and clearings; often, but not always, on calcareous, mafic, or hardpan substrates. Infrequent, mountains and Piedmont.
- Native Status
- Native
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