Date: June 11, 2010. Location: Williams Prairie (map)
| Classification Hierarchy | |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Subkingdom | Tracheophyta |
| Superdivision | Spermatophyta |
| Division | Magnoliophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Subclass | Asteridae |
| Order | Solanales |
| Family | Convolvulaceae |
| Genus | Calystegia |
| Species | Calystegia sepium |
Date: June 11, 2010. Location: Williams Prairie (map)
USDA Plant Profile Flora of N. America
Scientific Name: Calystegia sepium (syn. Convolvulus sepium)
Common Name: hedge false bindweed
Origin: Native
Notes: Calystegia sepium is widely distributed and frequent throughout Iowa. It is a common twining vine found along roadsides, fencerows, fields and woodland edges—often in wet disturbed areas.
Additional references: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.
Flowers: June; white to pink; two large bracts (1.5 to 3.5 cm long) originate below the calyx and are sometimes large enough to cover the five sepals; corolla is funnelform usually more than 5 cm long; style is undivided or slightly cleft at apex supporting two stigmas which are linear to narrowly oval.
Leaves: alternate; hastate (arrow head shaped) with a sharp tip; basel leaves nearly as large as upper leaves
Glossaries of botanical terms: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.
