Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Polymeria calycina
Common name
None
Family
Convolvulaceae
Where found
Dry forest, woodland, heath, and grassy sites. Usually within 5 km of the coast, tnorth from Bermagui.
One record on disturbed ground on a ridgeline north west of Bega.
Notes
Perennial herb with trailing and twining stems. Moderately to densely hairy. Leaves alternating along the stems, 1–6.5 cm long, 3–20 mm wide, tips barely pointed to rounded and notched, surfaces more or less hairy; margins entire, base with rounded or pointed lobes. Flowers purple-violet to pink, with paler hairy lengthwise bands and a paler yellowish green to whitish throat, funnel-shaped, with 5 lobes, 7–15 mm long, 7–19 mm in diameter. Stigma with 4 or more lobes. Sepals free from each other. Flowers in 1–3-flowered clusters. Flowering: throughout the year, mainly spring–autumn.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Polymeria~calycina (accessed 1 February, 2021)
This identification key and fact sheets are available as a free mobile application:
