Calystegia soldanella (L.) R.Br.
shore bindweed
Perennial herb with creeping rhizome and prostrate branching stems, glabrous or occasionally puberulent, sometimes forming large dense patches. Petioles to 8 cm long, slender. Lamina (1)-1.5-5-(8) × (1)-2-5-(7.5) cm, reniform, usually semi-succulent, glossy, entire; sinus shallow and rounded with base often broad-cuneate; apex emarginate to rounded or acute. Fls solitary; peduncles ribbed, to 10 cm long. Bracts ovate, cordate, obtuse, 12-18 mm long. Sepals nearly = bracts, obtuse. Corolla 2-4 × 2.5-5 cm, campanulate, pink, often with white mid-petaline bands, occasionally all white. Ovary 1-locular. Capsule 1.5-2 cm long, broad-ovoid, apiculate. Seeds dark brown, smooth.
N.; S.; St.; K., Ch.: coastal throughout, also around some inland lakes.
Also indigenous to N. and S. temperate regions.
Mostly in sandy habitats behind beaches.
FL Oct-Mar.
Shore bindweed is usually prostrate and creeping with rather thick, semi-succulent lvs, but occasionally climbs in scrub and then has rather membranous lvs.
