Calystegia occidentalis subsp. fulcrata

Family: Convolvulaceae · Type: perennial · Native

western morning-glory is a California native perennial found in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Transverse Ranges, and Peninsular Ranges on dry slopes, chaparral, and pine woodland at elevations of 300 to 2,700 meters. Flowering from May to August, this plant produces white flowers in single, distinctive blooms. Growing with trailing or weakly climbing stems less than one meter long, it has a flexible, sprawling growth habit. Its leaves have distinct lobes typically ending in a single point, with narrow lanceolate bracts below the flower that are 5 to 30 millimeters long. The plant's ability to wind through chaparral and woodland understory makes it a characteristic feature of California's mid-elevation plant communities.

Habitat: dry slopes, chaparral, pine woodland

Bloom period: May-Aug

Elevation: 300-2700 m

Bioregions: SNF, TR, PR.

California counties: San Bernardino, Madera, Riverside, Mariposa, Los Angeles, San Diego, Fresno, Tulare, Kern, Ventura, Orange, Tuolumne, Sacramento, Placer, Sonoma, Plumas, Butte, Calaveras, Mendocino, Napa, Inyo

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