Convolvulus arvensis

morning glory type flower, white with pale pink
Photo Credit: 
Bouba via Wikimedia

This is a fast growing vine to ~10 ft with attractive white, occasionally pinkish flowers and arrow shaped leaves. It tangles and covers shrubs and grows up tall herbaceous plants, to their detriment. Difficult to eradicate as it spreads rhizomatously. Considered a noxious weed in over 35 states, it is primarily a weed of agriculture, gardens, and disturbed sites including old fields. Brought to North America in the early 1700s, it has had lots of time to establish!

Plant Information

Common Name(s): 
field bindweed
Type: 
Non-Native
Vines
Native Region: 
Eurasia
Africa
Invasive Level: 
Invasive in Finger Lakes
Moisture: 
Dry
Moist
Light: 
Sun
Part Sun
Can be weedy

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