Calystegia sepium subsp. limnophila

Family: Convolvulaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Morning glory is a California native perennial found in the San Francisco Bay Area, Central Coast, Transverse Ranges, eastern Mojave Desert, and Delta regions in marshes and riverbanks at elevations below 500 meters. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces white to pink-tinged flowers 30 to 58 millimeters long with broadly spreading corolla lobes. Growing with glabrous stems and trailing or climbing habit, it has distinctive leaves with rounded to square sinuses and acute tips. Its leaves feature lobes that spread abruptly, with bracts 13 to 28 millimeters long that are generally wider than the sepals. The plant's inflorescence is characterized by narrowly ovate bracts that are either flat or slightly keeled.

Habitat: Marshes, riverbanks

Bloom period: May-Jul

Elevation: < 500 m

Bioregions: Deltaic GV, SnFrB, SCoR, TR, e DMoj (Amargosa River, 500 m)

California counties: Los Angeles, Contra Costa, Orange, San Bernardino, Solano, Riverside, San Joaquin, Humboldt, Sacramento, Santa Cruz

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