Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs

Ontario Weeds: Hedge bindweed

Table of Contents

1. Name
2. Other Names
3. Family
4. General Description
   • Photos and Pictures
5. Stems and Roots
6. Flowers and Fruit
7. Habitat
8. Similar Species
9. Related Links

Name: Hedge bindweed, Convolvulus sepium L.,

Other Names: liseron des haies, Hedge morning-glory, Large morning-glory, Wild morning-glory, gloire du matin, grand liseron

Family: Morning-Glory Family (Convolvulaceae)

General Description: Perennial reproducing by seed and by rhizomes.

Photos and Pictures

Stems & Roots: Stems to 3m (10ft) long, twining or creeping with extensive branching, smooth or rarely somewhat hairy; leaves arrowhead-shaped with very prominent basal lobes more or less parallel to the petiole; 4-15cm (1½-6in.) long, with long petioles.

Flowers & Fruit: Flowers on long (5-15cm, 2-6in.) pedicels from leaf axils; the base of each flower enclosed by a pair of leaf-like bracts 1-3.5cm (2/5-1½in.) long and half as wide; sepals 5, green, usually smaller than the 2 bracts; corolla pink or white, trumpet-shaped, 4-8cm (1½-3½in.) long and nearly as wide; seedpod nearly spherical and containing 1 to 4 angular dark brown to black seeds. Flowers from May to September.

Habitat: Hedge bindweed is a native plant in Ontario and is found in edges of woods, waste places, fencerows and occasionally in cultivated fields.

Similar Species: It is distinguished by its trailing or twining stems, its large, single, trumpet-shaped flowers on long pedicels and the 2 large bracts that enclose the base of the flower.

Related Links

... on general Weed topics
... on weed identification, order OMAFRA Publication 505: Ontario Weeds
... on weed control, order OMAFRA Publication 75: Guide To Weed Control

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