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Calystegia sepium (L.) R.Br.

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Calystegia sepium (L.) R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 483 (1810)
Calystegia sepium (L.) R.Br.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
R.K. Brummitt pers. comm. 2009

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(L.) R.Br.
L.
R.Br.
1810
483
ICN
species
Calystegia sepium

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Calystegia sepium (L.) R.Br.

Rhizome far-creeping, branching; stems slender, up to ± 3 m. tall, sparingly branched. Petioles up to 10 cm. long. Lamina membr., glab. or nearly so, ± 5-10 × 4-7 cm., oblong-sagittate to hastate, acute or acuminate; cordate at base, sinus deep and narrow; lobes rounded to truncate. Peduncles long, us. narrowly winged; bracts large, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, enclosing subequal ovate-lanceolate sepals. Corolla ± 4-8 cm. diam., white or pink. Ovary incompletely 2-loculed; capsule c. 12 mm. diam., glab., apiculate. Seeds smooth.

Calystegia sepium (L.) R.Br.

Rhizomes extensive. Stems glabrous or puberulent at first. Petioles 1.5-8 cm long, generally puberulent. Lamina 3-14-(17) × 2.5-9-(11) cm, usually triangular- or ovate-sagittate, glabrous or puberulent near base; sinus deep and rounded, usually with diverging sides; basal lobes usually rounded or obtuse, rarely acute, sometimes with small subsidiary lobule; apex acute to short-acuminate. Fls solitary; peduncles 3-12 cm long, puberulent or glabrous, ridged or very narrowly winged. Bracts 1.25-3 × 1-1.5 cm, broad-ovate, not imbricate or only slightly so; base rounded or cordate; apex usually obtuse and mucronate. Sepals 12-15 mm long, lanceolate-ovate. Corolla (3)-5-6-(7) cm long; limb 4-6 cm diam., usually pink with white mid-petaline bands, rarely all white. Stamens 2-2.5 cm long; filaments hairy in lower 1/2. Ovary 1-locular. Style > stamens. Capsules c. 1 cm long, subglobose. Seed ± triangular-ovoid with rounded outer surface and ± flat on inner faces, dark brown to almost black.

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Calystegia sepium (L.) R.Br.
Calystegia sepium (L.) R.Br.
Calystegia sepium (L.) R.Br.
Calystegia sepium (L.) R.Br.
Calystegia sepium (L.) R.Br.
Calystegia sepium (L.) R.Br.

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Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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Calystegia sepium (L.) R.Br.
New Zealand
Calystegia sepium (L.) R.Br.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Calystegia sepium (L.) R.Br.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
Calystegia sepium (L.) R.Br.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Calystegia sepium (L.) R.Br.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
Calystegia sepium (L.) R.Br.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Calystegia sepium (L.) R.Br.
New Zealand
Westland Land District

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editorial
Ogden (1978) and Webb et al. (1988, p. 548-549) comment that there may be indigenous elements of Calystegia sepium in New Zealand. R. K. Brummitt (pers. comm.) regards C. sepium var. roseata as indigenous. C. sepium var. sepium is absent from New Zealand; the common "weed" previously regarded as C. sepium var. sepium is a hybrid between C. silvatica Griseb. and C. sepium var. roseata (R. K. Brummitt pers. comm.).

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29f15776-1250-4b15-ae8e-baa930d0a5a8
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
25 March 2008
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