Convolvulaceae
Chaparral false bindweed
Calystegia occidentalis
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Genus
- Calystegia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Chaparral false bindweed
Synonyms
- Calystegia polymorpha (Greene) Munz
- Convolvulus fruticetorum Greene
- Convolvulus occidentalis A.Gray
- Convolvulus occidentalis subsp. fruticetorum (Greene) Abrams
- Convolvulus occidentalis subsp. occidentalis
- Convolvulus occidentalis var. occidentalis
- Convolvulus polymorphus Greene
- Convolvulus purpuratus var. fruticetorum (Greene) House
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Tom Hilton, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franco Folini from San Francisco, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franco Folini from San Francisco, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.