Calystegia hederacea
Nomenclature
Calystegia hederacea Wall. in Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 94. 1824.
Calystegia abyssinica Engler
C. acetosifolia (Turczaninow) Turczaninow
C. hederacea Wall. var. elongata Liou & Ling
Convolvulus acetosifolius Turczaninow
Volvulus hederaceus (Wall.) Kuntze
C. calystegioides Choisy
C. wallichianus Spreng.
Description
Brummitt, R.K. in Fang R.C., G. Staples, et al. 1995. Convolvulaceae in P. Raven & C.Y. Wu (eds.) Flora of China 16: 286–289.
Cytology
Brummitt, R.K. in Fang R.C., G. Staples, et al. 1995. Convolvulaceae in P. Raven & C.Y. Wu (eds.) Flora of China 16: 286–289.
Biogeography, Ecology and Natural History
China (Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Xinjiang, Yunnan, Zhejiang) Afghanistan, India, Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu; introduced in Ryukyu Islands Islands), Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan; NE Africa, rarely introduced in North America.
Fields,
wasteland, roadsides, river banks, often on sandy soils; 100–3500 m.
Flw. Mar-Sep, frt. Jun-Sep.
Brummitt, R.K. in Fang R.C., G. Staples, et al. 1995. Convolvulaceae in P. Raven & C.Y. Wu (eds.) Flora of China 16: 286–289.
Other information
Authorship for webpage
Only
one collection has ever been made in Africa, from Ethiopia, and I have seen
only 2 or 3 collections from North America. Actually, Calystegia pubescens Lindley is more common as an introduction in
North America, where it has often been misidentified as Calystegia hederacea.