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Family: Convolvulaceae
Paiute false bindweed, more, plateau morningglory
[Convolvulus linearilobus Eastw., more, Convolvulus longipes S. Wats.]
 Liz Makings 
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Leaves: remote, linear to lanceolate-hastate, 1-8 cm long, the lowermost with well-developed, spreading basal lobes, the lobes 1.3-8 cm long, the upper gradually reduced to linear bracts, the petioles 0.7-3.5 cm long
Inflorescence: 1-few-flowered cymes on slender peduncles, these 5-24 cm long; bracts lanceolate-linear, 0.5-3.5 cm long, near to or remote from the calyx
Flowers: sepals broadly oval, rounded and mucronate at the apex, unequal, the outer shorter, (6-)10-12 mm long; corolla campanulate, white or cream, often with lavender veins, 2.5-3.5 cm long; stamens 18-20 mm long, basally glandular, pubescent on the lower third, the anthers 4 mm long, basally sagittate; ovary ovoid, 2 mm long; style 15-18 mm long
Fruit: FRUITS capsular, 4-valved, surrounded by enlarged sepals and sometimes by bracts, ovoid, tan. SEEDS 1-4, glabrous, dark brown, smooth or reticulate, 3-4 mm long
Misc: Dry slopes, chaparral; 600-1700 m (2000-5600 ft); Mar-Oct
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