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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Nightshades, Bindweeds, Gooseweeds, and Allies
  6. Morning-glory Family
  7. Intermediate Morning-glories
  8. Pacific False Bindweed

species 7,198 observations

Pacific False Bindweed

Calystegia purpurata

Status
native
Bees
1 specialist raised on its pollen
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

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27 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Morning-glory Leafminer Moth 1
  • Specialist bees Bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it Bindweed Turret Bee 1
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Neolasioptera convolvuli 1
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Spotted Cucumber Beetle, Large-tailed Aphideater, White-bowed Smoothwing, Mordella hubbsi 5
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Black-tailed Bumble Bee, Western Aphideater, Ornate Checkered Beetle, Rural Skipper 19

Children

  • Coastal Bluff Morning-Glory
  • Pacific False Bindweed

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Vines
Plant type
Perennial Vine Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

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