Ontario Weeds: Hedge bindweed
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Excerpt from Publication 505, Ontario Weeds, Order this publication
Table of Contents
- Name
- Other Names
- Family
- General Description
- Stems and Roots
- Flowers and Fruit
- Habitat
- Similar Species
- 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.

Hedge bindweed. Portion of flowering and fruiting stem.
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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