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Field Bindweed
Field Bindweed  

FIELD BINDWEED

(Convolvulus arvensis L.)

GROWTH HABIT: Perennial vine, reproducing from seeds and roots.

LEAVES: Alternate, simple, arrowhead-shaped, rounded or blunt tipped.

STEM: Prostrate, twining mat-forming, up to 10 ft. long.

FLOWER: Funnel-shaped, pale pink to white, up to 1 in. wide; two small scale-like bracts attached below flower on flower stem.

ROOTS: Creeping rhizomes, extensive.

SEEDS: Four per capsule, dark gray to reddish brown, three sided.

OTHER: Seeds viable over 60 years. Often confused with wild buckwheat which has heart-shaped sharp pointed leaves and tiny inconspicuous flowers.

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