Grassy Bindweed

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Convolvulus remotus

A low creeper with thin, trailing or twining branches, spreading up to 1.5 m. Leaves arrow-shaped to triangular. One to two pink funnel-shaped flowers up to 20 mm wide and found at the base of the leaves.

Details
Flora Type
Scramblers, twiners
Distinctive Features

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

Perennial. Grows on heavier soils of river banks and floodplains. Mostly in chenopod shrublands or Acacia open shrublands or woodlands.
Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Sep-Apr
Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Solanales
Family
Convolvulaceae
Genus
Convolvulus
Species
remotus

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

The fibrous roots and leaves of some Convolvulus species were used as food by the Aboriginal people.

Interesting Facts
Similar Species

The Convovulus genus was revised in 2001 and now many C. remotus and C. erubescens are subspecies of C. angustissimus.
Native Status
Native