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Calystegia tuguriorum
A native vine from Chile, New Zealand and nearby islands, with heart-shaped leaves and large white or pink funnel flowers. It grows well in a sunny, sheltered spot where it can climb a support.
Convolvulus tuguriorum, commonly known as climbing convolvulus and the New Zealand bindweed, is a species of climbing plant in the family Convolvulaceae. It grows in a vine-like or scrambiling-like manner. It has heart-shaped leaves and large funnel-shaped white or pink flowers. C. tuguriorum is native to Chile and New Zealand, it is also present on Tristan da Cunha and the Juan Fernández Islands. It was first described by the German botanist Georg Forster in 1786. This species was formerly considered part of Calystegia, but a 2025 study proposed merging the genus within Convolvulus, a treatment followed by the Plants of the World Online database.
The seeds are dispersed by gravity and possibly by wind and water. The members of the Convolvulaceae are primarily pollinated by insects. The kererū (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) eat the leaves, and possibly also the buds and flowers. C. tuguriorum also plays host to a native bindweed gall mite which forms pouch, swelling galls on the leaves. The larvae of the yellow featherfoot (Stathmopoda skellonii) feed on the seeds. The capsules can also be eaten by the larvae of the sweet potato leaf miner (Bedellia somnulentella).
Convolvulus similis · Convolvulus collinus · Convolvulus longipes · Convolvulus × lucanus · Convolvulus macrostegius · Convolvulus malacophyllus · Convolvulus naniflorus · Convolvulus occidentalis · Convolvulus × dubius · Convolvulus purpuratus · Convolvulus silvaticus · Convolvulus soldanella
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