Calystegia malacophylla subsp. malacophylla

Family: Convolvulaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Calystegia malacophylla is a California native perennial found in the northern Sierra Nevada and eastern Sierra Nevada in dry chaparral slopes at elevations of 1,000 to 2,400 meters. Flowering from June to August, this plant produces delicate white or pale flowers in distinctive large, widely triangular leaves. Growing with soft brown or golden-brown hairs, it develops stems with leaves 3 to 6 centimeters long and 4 to 9 centimeters wide. Its leaves are uniquely shaped with widely triangular to nearly kidney-like form, featuring lobes that are generally two-tipped with acute or slightly notched tips. The plant's peduncles extend 3 to 5 centimeters, shorter than the subtending leaves.

Habitat: dry slopes, chaparral

Bloom period: Jun-Aug

Elevation: generally 1000-2400 m

Bioregions: CaR, SN.

California counties: Mariposa, Fresno, Kern, El Dorado, Tulare, Sierra, Plumas, Placer, Amador, Los Angeles, Nevada, Calaveras, Lake, Madera, Shasta, Tehama, Butte, Trinity, Siskiyou, Mendocino, Tuolumne, Alameda, Ventura

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