Convolvulus arvensis
Common name
convolvulus
Family
Convolvulaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites
NVS code
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CONARV
Habitat
Terrestrial. Mostly waste places and arable fields.
Features
Rhizomatous perennial with slender, creeping or trailing, angular, usu. hairy stems. Petioles 5~20mm long. Lamina 2~4 x 1~2cm, triangular or oblong-ovate (v. rarely linear), hastate or sagittate, entire except often for pair of teeth near base, usually glabrous or sparsely hairy (rarely moderately hairy), often glaucous; sinus shallow or base approx. truncate; apex rounded and mucronulate. Infl. axillary, few-flowered; peduncles often as or slightly more frequent than leaves; pedicels slender, glabrous. Bracts 2~4mm long, hairy & linear, more than 1cm below calyx. Sepals about 4mm long, obtuse, outer ciliate often hairy, subequal. Corolla 1.5~2cm long, broadly funnelform, pink or whitish with deep pink mid-petaline bands, very rarely completely white. Stamens subequal; filaments widened and puberulent towards base. Stigmas filiform, much less than style. Capsule 6~8mm long, globose ovoid. Seed dark & smooth. (Webb et. al., 1988)
Similar taxa
Stems and leaves are usually somewhat hairy, leaves dull green. Flowers sometimes singly but sometimes in groups. Small, linear, hairy bracts about 1cm below the sepals. Flowers up to 2cm long, usually somewhat pinkish.
Flowering
November, December, January, February, March
Flower colours
Red/Pink, White
Year naturalised
1880
Origin
N temperate
Etymology
convolvulus: From Latin convolvere, which means to twine around
arvensis: Growing in arable fields
Reason For Introduction
Accidental
Life Cycle Comments
Perennial.
Dispersal
Mainly distributed by soil movement? [Melanie Newfield Jan 04].