North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, & Trees

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Convolvulaceae > Calystegia (bindweed)
	Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia sepium) Watauga Co., NC 12 July 2008 Statewide and common in NC, several subspecies exit. Some authors place this species in the genus Convolvulus.
	Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia sepium) Watauga Co., NC 12 July 2008
	Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia sepium) Watauga Co., NC 12 July 2008 2 large bracts enclose the young flower.

	Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia sepium) In the dunes on Cape Lookout on S. Core Banks, Carteret Co., NC 19 July 2008 Different subspecies from above.
	Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia sepium) In the dunes on Cape Lookout on S. Core Banks, Carteret Co., NC 19 July 2008
	Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia sepium) In the dunes on Cape Lookout on S. Core Banks, Carteret Co., NC 19 July 2008

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.