Calystegia Species, Beach Morning Glory, Seashore False Bindweed

This is a different plant than Ipomoea pes-caprae, mentioned in the previous comment.: the leaves are completely different ( what to look...Read More at for ID purposes). I found it growing and blooming quite happily over a dune in Nags Head, NC.

I recently bought a "beach morning glory" at a native plant sale in Virginia and it was labeled ipomoea pes-caprae, and when I searched b...Read Moreeach morning glory on the internet this was mostly what came up. I don't know if calystegia soldanella is a different type of bmg, but I feel like this site could be confusing or misleading for some people. Searching the internet for both latin names might be a good idea if you are interested in, or trying to identify, this plant.

Grows everywhere here in Oregon along the coast. I found this reference to its edible qualities:


Calystegia solda...Read Morenella Sea Bindweed.
Temperate climates. The tender stalks of the sea bindweed are pickled. The young shoots, says Johnson, were gathered formerly by the people on the southern coasts of England and pickled as a substitute for samphire.

A fleshy relative of the cultivated morning glory. It is found on sandy beaches and along rocky coastal areas, worldwide near the coasts ...Read Morein temperate climates.

In cool coastal climates such as the Pacific Northwest, the flowers remain open most of the day.