Calystegia pulchra

Beautiful bindweed ( Calystegia pulchra )

The Beautiful bindweed ( Calystegia pulchra ) belongs to the family of wind plants ( Convolvulaceae ).

Identifying

It is a perennial herbaceous plant. It climbs with flexuous shoot height of approximately 1 to 3 meters. Petioles and flower stems are hairy sometimes, even the stems may be hairy. The Beautiful bindweed falls on mainly through rose -colored crown that has 5 white strip, about 4 to 6 inches long and as wide. Compared to the Real bindweed they can be distinguished by the swollen blistered Kelchvorblätter. The chromosome number is 2n = 22

Dissemination

The origin of Fine bindweed is unclear Haeupler and Muer give Northeast Asia as a home, Oberdorfer writes " perhaps East Asia ". In the " Flora of China", the species is not listed. In " Rothmaler ", however, Western and Central Europe is referred to as home. Rarely do you find them as an ornamental plant.

In Europe they are found in lowland forests and Bach concomitantly, as well as fresh herb ruderal and hallways. It prefers nutrient-rich sites. In the Alps, it rises to 1150 meters altitude.

Ecology

The Beautiful bindweed heard because of their widely creeping, underground stem axis to the Kriechpionierpflanzen. The shoot tips lead circular searching movements ( nutations ) by counterclockwise to squirm his way up to a suitable substrate can. Pollination is mainly by butterflies.

Documents

The information in this article come from mainly:

  • Henning Haeupler, Thomas Muer: Image Atlas of ferns and flowering plants of germany. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-8001-3364-4, p 390
  • Erich Oberdorfer: Phytosociological Exkursionsflora. 7 edition. Ulmer, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-8252-1828-7, p 772
  • Rothmaler Exkursionsflora of Germany. 5: Herbaceous ornamental and useful plants, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8, p 431

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