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Hedge Bindweed

(Calystegia sepium)

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Convolvulus arvensis

Field Bindweed is a smaller species with flowers about 1 inches in length and leaves only 1 to 2 inches in length. The rear margin leaf projections of Field Bindweed are sharp, not trapezoidal.

Ipomoea panduarata

The leaves of Wild Potato Vine are heart shaped, not arrowhead shaped.

Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia sepium)

Identification: A vine. Flowers petunialike with 5 petals fused into a trumpet bell. Flower white, pink, or lavender, sometimes with contrasting lighter and dark bands. Leaves arrowhead-shaped and projections of rear margin trapezoidal.

Distribution: Throughout North America.

Habitat: Hedge Bindweed is a weedy species commonly found in thickets and disturbed areas such as hedges, roadsides, and parks.

Flowering period: May to September.

Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia sepium)

Similar Species:

Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)

Wild Potato Vine (Ipomoea pandurata)

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