Convolvulus arvensisL. - Field Blindweed
Scientific Description:
Trailing or climbing perennial with branching underground stems, stems unbranched above ground, up to 3 m or more, glabrous or thinly pubescent. Leaves sagittate or hastate, variable in size, to 5 × 3 cm, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, acute or obtuse, lateral lobes usually spreading and acute. Flowers usually solitary, axillary, sometimes in pairs, rarely in 3-flowered cymes. Outer sepals obovate to broadly oblong, c. 4 × 2.5 mm, obtuse, truncate or mucronulate. Corolla white or pink, rarely blue, 15−25 mm. Ovary glabrous.
FIowering time: April−September.
Habitat: Sandy steppe, fallow fields, pastures, banks of ditches, rivers and lakes, screes, dunes, roadsides, s.l.−3050 m.
Reference:
Parris BS (1978). Convolvulus arvensis L., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 6: 213.
Public Description:
Convolvulus arvensis, common name “field bindweed”, is native to Europe and Asia. It is a climbing or creeping herbaceous perennial plant growing to 3 m high. The funnel-shaped flowers formed in the middle of summer are colored white to pale pink. The plant is generally used as sweetener in liquor. Fiend blindweed is mildly toxic to grazing animals.
References:
Anonymous 1 (2016). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convolvulus_arvensis, Accessed date: 02.02.2016.
Anonymous 2 (2016). http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=coar4/, Accessed date: 02.02.2016.
Aykurt C (2012). Convolvulus L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 376–378.