Pink Bindweed

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Convolvulus angustissimus


A low creeper with thin, trailing or twining branches, spreading up to 1.5 m. Moderately to densely hairy. Leaves variable in shape with lower leaves arrow-shaped and very narrow and upper leaves oval to triangular. Single flowers pink with a paler throat, 20 mm wide and funnel-shaped.


Details
Flora Type
Scramblers, twiners
Former Scientific Name
Convolvulus angustissimus subsp. fililobus
Distinctive Features

The pink flowers distinguish it from the weed Convolvulus arvensis, which has white funnel-shaped flowers and many rhizomes.

Biology

Perennial. Grows on loamy or clay soils in grassy eucalypt woodlands or forests. Grows from a taproot. The flowers only last a day and only open in bright sunshine. Insect pollinated.

Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Sep-Apr