Calystegia sepium americana

Common names: American Great Bindweed

Genus: Convolvulus

Species: Convolvulus sepium (beta) americanus

Class: Pentandria

Order: Monogynia

Authority: Smith

Modern Genus: Calystegia

Modern Species: Calystegia sepium americana

Modern Family: Convolvulaceae

Plant Type: perennial

Color: "The European Convolvulus sepium sometimes bears flowers slightly tinged with red, but we never saw them approach the colour of the American variety."

Native Region: America

Artist: S. Edwards, Sansum