Calystegia collina subsp. venusta

South coast range morning-glory, South Coast Range Morning-Glory

Family: Convolvulaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.3

South coast range morning-glory is a native perennial found in the South Coast Ranges in open grassy or rocky places and oak/pine woodlands, often on serpentine soils at elevations below 600 meters. Flowering from April to June, this plant produces white to pale pink flowers 25 to 44 millimeters long with delicate, trumpet-shaped corollas. Growing with densely hairy stems 8 to 30 centimeters long that spread across the ground, it forms a low, sprawling habit. Its leaves are roughly triangular to kidney-shaped, with subtle or distinct lobes that spread across the terrain. The plant's bracts are distinctive, spreading 8 to 16 millimeters wide and lanceolate to widely ovate in shape.

Habitat: Open grassy or rocky places or in open oak/pine woodland, often serpentine

Bloom period: Apr-Jun

Elevation: < 600 m

Bioregions: SCoR.

California counties: Monterey, San Benito, Santa Barbara, Kern, Fresno, San Luis Obispo

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