PLANTS Profile for Calystegia spithamaea ssp. spithamaea (low false bindweed)

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Calystegia spithamaea (L.) Pursh ssp. spithamaea
low false bindweed

Symbol:

CASPS2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Convolvulaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Vine
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Calystegia spithamaea (L.) Pursh ssp. spithamaea

Convolvulus spithamaeus

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 47. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Calystegia spithamaea (L.) Pursh ssp. spithamaea

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Synonyms:
Calystegia spithamaea (L.) Pursh ssp. spithamaea

COSP6

Convolvulus spithamaeus L.

Distribution:
Calystegia spithamaea (L.) Pursh ssp. spithamaea


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USA (CT, DC, DE, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV)

Related Taxa:
Calystegia spithamaea (L.) Pursh ssp. spithamaea

View 18 genera in Convolvulaceae, 17 species in Calystegia, 3 subspecies in Calystegia spithamaea (L.) Pursh

Classification:
Calystegia spithamaea (L.) Pursh ssp. spithamaea

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Solanales
Family	Convolvulaceae – Morning-glory family
Genus	Calystegia R. Br. – false bindweed
Species	Calystegia spithamaea (L.) Pursh – low false bindweed
Subspecies	Calystegia spithamaea (L.) Pursh ssp. spithamaea – low false bindweed

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Calystegia spithamaea (L.) Pursh ssp. spithamaea

The related entities and synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Connecticut:
Calystegia spithamaea
low bindweed		Special Concern
Maine:
Calystegia spithamaea
upright bindweed		Threatened
Massachusetts:
Calystegia spithamaea
low bindweed		Endangered
New Hampshire:
Convolvulus spithamaeus
low bindweed		Threatened
New Jersey:
Calystegia spithamaea
erect bindweed		Endangered
Vermont:
Calystegia spithamaea
low bindweed		Threatened

More Accounts and Images:
Calystegia spithamaea (L.) Pursh ssp. spithamaea

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 30694.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 06/18/2013 06:33 PM CDT