Calystegia subacaulis subsp. subacaulis

Family: Convolvulaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Coastal morning-glory is a California native perennial found in southern North Coast Ranges and San Francisco Bay Area in dry, open scrub or woodland at elevations below 500 meters. Flowering from April to June, this plant produces white or pink flowers with distinctive, widely ovate bracts 7 to 17 millimeters long. Growing with very short stems typically around 2 centimeters tall, it forms a basal rosette of leaves that often extends above the flowers. Its leaves are widely rounded to pointed, forming a low-growing cluster that spreads close to the ground. The plant is characterized by sparse to moderately dense short hairs that spread or curve back along its stems and leaves.

Habitat: Dry, open scrub or woodland

Bloom period: Apr-Jun

Elevation: < 500 m

Bioregions: s NCoR, SnFrB.

California counties: Alameda, Marin, Contra Costa, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Sonoma, Solano, Monterey, Lake, San Luis Obispo, San Benito

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