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Pronunciation: kal-i-STEE-jee-a mak-ro-STEE-jee-a AIR-i-da
Common name: Southern California morning glory
Family: Convolvulaceae (Morning glory)
Habitat: Coastal scrub, chaparral to 3000', northern Peninsular Range, Transverse Range
Blooming period: May to June
Name derivations: 1) Calystegia 2) macrostegia 3) arida
NOTE: Includes C. macrostegia ssp. intermedia and C. macrostegia ssp. tenuifolia, thought by some to be separate subspecies. See Tom Chester's analysis at http://tchester.org/plants/analysis/calystegia/macrostegia.html