Flora of Victoria

Glabrous, twining perennial. Leaves ovate to broad-ovate, mostly 5–10 cm long, 3–10 cm wide, apex shortly acuminate, mucronate, base cordate, margins undulate, basal lobes shallowly lobed; petiole 4–8 cm long. Flowers with peduncles 8–20(–30) cm long, much longer than petioles; bracteoles saccate, broader than long to broad-ovate, 2–3.5 cm long, apex rounded, truncate, emarginate or subacute, longer than and enclosing calyx, overlapping for nearly entire length; sepals 1.5–2 cm long; corolla 5–9 cm long, white or rarely pinkish. Capsule ovoid, 10–12 mm long. Flowers spring and summer.

*EGL, *GipP, *Glep, *Gold, *HSF, *Strz, *VRiv, *VVP. An occasional garden-escape now established in urban waste areas, agricultural land, rail reserves etc.

2 subspecies, both in Victoria. See also note under Calystegia sepium.

Source: Jeanes, J.A. (1999). Convolvulaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J. (eds), Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae. Inkata Press, Melbourne.

Updated by: Val Stajsic, 2020-01-22

Key to the subspecies of Calystegia silvatica

life Life

kingdom Plantae

phylum Tracheophyta

class Magnoliopsida

superorder Asteranae

order Solanales

family Convolvulaceae

genus Calystegia

Higher taxa

species Calystegia silvatica (Kit.) Griseb.

Subordinate taxa

subspecies Calystegia silvatica subsp. disjuncta Brummitt

subspecies Calystegia silvatica subsp. silvatica

Victoria

**Source:** AVH (2014). *Australia's Virtual Herbarium*, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, <http://avh.chah.org.au>. Find Calystegia silvatica in AVH ; *Victorian Biodiversity Atlas*, © The State of Victoria, Department of Environment and Primary Industries (published Dec. 2014) Find Calystegia silvatica in Victorian Biodiversity Atlas

Bioregion	Occurrence status	Establishment means
Glenelg Plain	present	naturalised
Victorian Volcanic Plain	present	introduced
Victorian Riverina	present	introduced
Gippsland Plain	present	naturalised
Goldfields	present	naturalised
East Gippsland Lowlands	present	naturalised
Highlands-Southern Fall	present	introduced
Strzelecki Ranges	present	introduced

Bioregions of Victoria

State distribution

State
Western Australia
South Australia
New South Wales
Victoria
Tasmania

Calystegia silvatica (Kit.) Griseb.

Greater Bindweed

Victoria

State distribution