Family |
Convolvulaceae
Calystegia sepium
(L.) R.Br.
Calystegia sepium (L.) R. Br.
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 3, Pl. XXIV nº 1; 1983)
Life-form & habit: Perennial climbing plant, glabrous, often extending several meters in length.
Leaves: Cordate-oblong or sagittate, with basal lobes entire, angular or truncate.
Inflorescence & flowers: Peduncles long, 1-flowered. Involucral bracts subcordate, flattened, narrowed at the apex, completely enclosing the calyx.
Calyx: Sepals oblong-acute.
Corolla: White, funnel-shaped, 2–4 cm long.
Fruit: Capsule not described in detail by Mouterde.
Phenology: Flowers from April to September.
Habitat & elevation: Moist ditches, hedgerows, and watercourses.
Lebanese distribution: Ct. Tripoli; Met. Ta‘naïl; St. near Orontes springs.
Syrian distribution: Orontes banks near Homs; Dam. Raboué, Barada River banks.
Native range: Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Cape Provinces, Central European Russia, China North-Central, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Easter Is., Finland, Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Louisiana, Madeira, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Northwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Morocco, Nebraska, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Nova Scotia, NW. Balkan Pen., Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Sicilia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tennessee, Texas, Transcaucasus, Tristan da Cunha, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Türkey, Türkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, West Siberia, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang. (KEW)
Introduced into: Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Brazil North, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile South, Chita, Desventurados Is., Kermadec Is., Kuril Is., South Australia, Tasmania, Uruguay