Convolvulus arvensis |
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bindweed, European bindweed, European morning glory, field bindweed, field morning-glory, morning glory, orchard morning-glory, small-flower morning glory |
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Habit | Perennials, rhizomatous. |
Stems | decumbent or trailing, to 10+ dm, glabrous or glabrate. |
Leaf | blades elliptic, oblong-elliptic, ovate, ovate-deltate, or ovate-lanceolate, 10–100 × 3–60 mm, length 1.6–3.3 times width, surfaces glabrous or abaxial puberulent. |
Inflorescences | flowers solitary or in 2–3-flowered cymes; bracts elliptic, linear, or obovate, 2–3(–9) mm. |
Flowers | sepals: outer elliptic, 3–4.5 mm, inner suborbiculate to obovate, 3.5–5 mm; corolla white, sometimes pink-tinged, campanulate, 12–25(–30) mm, limb 5-angled. |
Seeds | tuberculate. |
2n | = 48, 50. |
Convolvulus arvensis |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Oct. |
Habitat | Fields, disturbed sites, roadsides. |
Elevation | -30–3000 m. (-100–9800 ft.) |
Distribution |
Introduced
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Discussion | Convolvulus arvensis is a major agricultural pest and is difficult to control. Numerous medicinal uses have been attributed to C. arvensis (D. F. Austin 2000). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 14. |
Parent taxa | Convolvulaceae > Convolvulus |
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Synonyms | C. ambigens, Strophocaulos arvensis |
Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 153. (1753) |
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