Field Bindweed

Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvenis L.)
    

Growth Habit:  Perennial vine, reproducing from seeds and roots.

Leaves: Alternate, Simple, arrowhead-shaped, rounded or blunt tipped.

Stems:  Prostrate, twining mat-forming, up to 10 feet long.

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

RootsCreeping rhizomes, extensive.

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

Other:  Seeds viable over 60 years.