''Calystegia longipes'' is a species of
morning glory
Morning glory (also written as morning-glory) is the common name for over 1,000 species of flowering plants in the family Convolvulaceae, whose current taxonomy and systematics are in flux. Morning glory species belong to many genera, some of ...
known by the common name Paiute false bindweed.
It is native to the southwestern United States from
California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
to
Utah
Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...
, where it grows in many types of habitat.
Description
It is a woody perennial herb growing into a bushy form up to a meter tall, with many spreading and erect, twining branches. The small leaves are linear to narrowly lance-shaped and sometimes have small lobes divided from the sides. The
inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed o ...
is a solitary flower on a long
peduncle up to 20 centimeters in length. The morning glory flower at the end is a white to pale lavender or pinkish bloom 2 or 3 centimeters wide.
References
External links
Jepson Manual TreatmentPhoto gallery
longipes
Flora of California
Flora of Nevada
Flora of Utah
Flora of Arizona
Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
Flora of the California desert regions
Flora of the Great Basin
Flora of the Sonoran Deserts
Flora of Northern America
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