title: Calystegia spithamaea
text: # Calystegia spithamaea
  
  Calystegia spithamaea, which common names include: low false bindweed, low bindweed, erect bindweed, and upright bindweed, is a species of plant found in eastern North America.
  
  ## Conservation status in the United States
  
  It is listed as threatened in Maine and Vermont and endangered in Massachusetts and New Jersey. It is listed as a species of special concern in Connecticut, where it is believed to be extirpated.
  
  