Field Bindweed

(Convolvulus arvensis)

 

Color Photograph: © by and courtesy of Merel R. Black, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point

Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)

Alien: Native of Europe.

Identification: A vine. Flowers small (1 inch or less in length) petunialike with five fused petals. Flower white or pinkish. Leaves small (1 to 2 inches in length), arrowhead-shaped, rear margins with pointed projections.

Distribution: Throughout North America.

Habitat: Field Bindweed is a weed of disturbed habitats climbing over shrubs and other herbaceous plants in fields, along roadsides, and around bushes in urban and suburban areas.

Flowering period: June to September.

Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)

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