Convolvulus purshianus Wherry. Common name: Shale Bindweed. Habitat: Shale barren and woodlands, less typically on limestone. Distribution: C. PA south through w. VA and e. WV to NC.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = G; = Calystegia spithamaea (L.) Pursh ssp. purshiana (Wherry) Brummitt — FNA14; = Convolvulus spithamaeus L. var. pubescens (Gray) Fernald — F; < Calystegia spithamaea (L.) Pursh — C, Pa, RAB, W; < Calystegia spithamaea (L.) Pursh ssp. stans (Michx.) Brummitt — K4, Va. Basionym: Convolvulus purshianus Wherry 1933
Links to other floras: = Calystegia spithamaea ssp. purshiana - FNA14
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