Calystegia stebbinsii

Stebbins' morning-glory, Stebbins' Morning-Glory

Family: Convolvulaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.1 · Endangered

Stebbins' morning-glory is a rare (CNPS 1B.1) California native perennial found in northern Sierra Nevada Foothills in El Dorado and Nevada counties in chaparral at elevations of 300 meters. Flowering from April to July, this plant produces creamy yellow flowers with a subtle pink tinge, approximately 30 to 35 millimeters long. Growing with trailing to climbing stems less than one meter tall, it emerges from a slightly woody caudex with white to grayish hairs. Its distinctive leaves feature 7 to 9 deep palmate lobes, with linear segments up to 55 millimeters long and margins gently upturned. The plant's delicate stems produce peduncles 3 to 13 centimeters long, often extending well beyond the subtending leaf.

Habitat: Chaparral

Bloom period: Apr-Jul

Elevation: 300 m

Bioregions: n SNF (El Dorado, Nevada cos.).

California counties: El Dorado, Nevada

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