Hillside False Bindweed

Hillside False Bindweed is a perennial herb with woody vine-like stems that extend from the leafy center for up to 20 centimeters. The plant’s leaves, 3-4 cm long, have a triangular shape with small lobes on the side. The flowers, a pale white tinged with light purple, sprout from short ground-level stems. Each flower has 5 merging petals and is 3 to 6 centimeters wide.

Basic Information

• Member of the Convolvulaceae (Morning-glory) family

• Has one subspecies, Calystegia subacaulis ssp. Subacaulis, which is endemic to California, and grows almost exclusively in the Bay Area

Habitat

• Native to North and Central California Coast Ranges and the San Francisco Bay Area

• Preferred environments are dry, open scrub and woodlands

Reproduction

• Though it can reproduce from seeds, mugwort is primarily propagated from the division and spread of its rhizomes (horizontal underground roots)

• Blooms from April-June

Alternative Names

• Hill Morning-glory, Stemless Morning-glory