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The Wildflowers

Field Bindweed

Convolvulus arvensis

From Nearctica

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.

Similar Species: Hedge Bindweed  is a larger species with flowers about 2 inches in length and leaves 2 to 5 inches in length. The rear margin of the leaf has trapezoidal projections, not sharp ones.