*Convolvulus arvensis Linnaeus. Common name: Field Bindweed, Creeping Jenny, Possession-vine, Cornbind. Phenology: Late Apr-Nov. Habitat: Fields, roadsides, gardens, disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of Europe.
Origin/Endemic status: Europe
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, F, Fl6, FNA14, G, GrPl, Il, Mi, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, WV, Spaulding (2013c), Wood et al (2015); = Strophocaulos arvensis (L.) Small — S. Basionym: Convolvulus arvensis L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Convolvulus arvensis - FNA14
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Trailing or climbing herbaceous perennial vine of fields, roadsides and other disturbed areas. Native of Europe.
Stems: Stems freely branched, often forming tangled mats, short-hairy or nearly smooth.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, long-petiolate, often narrowly arrowhead-shaped (shape may vary), 1-2 in. long.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers 1-3 on slender stalks from leaf axils, white or tinged with pink and with a yellowish throat, to 1 in. wide, consisting of a bell-shaped corolla, 5 small sepals, 5 stamens and a pair of small bracts up to 1 in. long below the flower.
Fruits: Fruit an oval, 2-celled capsule.
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Height: 2-4 ft.
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description: Trailing or climbing herbaceous perennial vine of fields, roadsides and other disturbed areas. Native of Europe.
stems: Stems freely branched, often forming tangled mats, short-hairy or nearly smooth.
leaves: Leaves alternate, long-petiolate, often narrowly arrowhead-shaped (shape may vary), 1-2 in. long.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers 1-3 on slender stalks from leaf axils, white or tinged with pink and with a yellowish throat, to 1 in. wide, consisting of a bell-shaped corolla, 5 small sepals, 5 stamens and a pair of small bracts up to 1 in. long below the flower.
fruits: Fruit an oval, 2-celled capsule.
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native range: Europe
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