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Field bindweed - Convolvulus arvensis L.
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Field bindweed seedling
Field bind weed seedling.
Field bindweed flower
Field bindweed flower.
Hedge bindweed flower
Hedge bindweed flower base with two large bracts.
Life cycle: Twining, creeping perennial vine.

Leaves: Cotyledons are square to kidney-shaped. Leaves are alternate, arrowhead- to spade-shaped with nearly parallel leaf margins and generally rounded tips. Leaf bases are pointed or rounded.

Stems: Climbing, trailing, herbaceous vines up to 6 feet or more in length.

Flowers and fruit: White to pink petals fused into a funnel shape with two leafy, small bracts approximately 1 inch below the flower base. Fruit are egg-shaped capsules containing dull gray, brown or black seeds with one round and two flattened surfaces.

Reproduction: Seeds, creeping roots and rhizomes.
Similar weeds:
Hedge bindweed [Calystegia sepium (L.) R. Br.] Differs by having larger, triangle-shaped leaves with square lobes extending behind and perpendicular to the petiole. Leaf is squarely notched at the petiole. Flower base has two large bracts.
Hedge bindweed leaf Field bindweed leaf
Leaves of hedge bindweed (left) and field bindweed (right).

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