Calystegia malacophylla

Sierra false bindweed

Family: Convolvulaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Sierra false bindweed is a California native perennial herb found in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in montane habitats at elevations up to 1,800 meters. Flowering from May to September, this plant produces pure white flowers 20 to 45 millimeters long with delicate, softly spreading petals. Growing with decumbent to ascending stems 10 to 100 centimeters long that can climb or trail across the landscape, it spreads via underground rhizomes. Its leaves are distinctively narrow and triangular, typically less than 6 centimeters long with slightly pointed or notched tips and lobes that may have one or two points. The plant is characterized by its soft, dense hairs covering both stems and sepals, giving it a velvety, tomentose appearance.

California counties: Fresno, Kern, Tulare, Butte, Tuolumne, Trinity, Ventura, Placer, Inyo, Shasta, Sierra, Plumas, Mariposa, San Luis Obispo, Los Angeles, Siskiyou, Santa Barbara, Tehama, Stanislaus, San Benito, Monterey, Madera, Nevada

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.