Calystegia occidentalis

{{Short description|Species of morning glory}}

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|genus = Calystegia

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|authority = (A.Gray) Brummitt

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Calystegia occidentalis is a species of morning glory known by the common names Modoc morning glory or chaparral false bindweed.{{cite web|url=http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/specieslist.cgi?where-family=CONVOLVULACEAE|title=Convolvulaceae_Calflora}}{{cite web|url=http://www.discoverlife.org/20/q?search=Calystegia+occidentalis|title=Chaparral False Bindweed_Discovery Life}}

It is native to California and Oregon, where it grows in hilly and mountain habitat, such as woodland and chaparral slopes and the high Sierra Nevada.{{cite web|url=http://eol.org/pages/582949/details|title=Calystegia occidentalis_Distribution_EOL}}

Description

Calystegia occidentalis is a woody perennial herb producing spreading or twisting and climbing branches, usually quite hairy in texture. The small leaves are up to 4 centimeters long and lobed into various spade or arrowhead shapes.

The inflorescence is one to four flowers atop a single peduncle, each bloom 2 to 5 centimeters wide and white to cream to yellow in color.

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