Irish wildflowers

Field Bindweed, Convolvulus arvensis, Ainleog
Photographs: Macroom, Co. Cork

Field Bindweed
Convolvulus arvensis
Ainleog
Family: Convolvulaceae

Flowering time: June - September. Perennial. Native.

Trumpet-shaped white, pink or striped flowers. Flower stalk (pedicel) long, narrow. Bracteoles below calyx. Alternate arrow-shaped leaves on hairless stems. Creeping and/or climbing plant with fleshy underground stems. Height/spread: 20-60cm.

Low unstable sea cliffs, road banks, wasteground, fields.

Similar: Sea Bindweed, Calystegia soldanella. Coastal. Round leaves

Field Bindweed, Convolvulus arvensis, Ainleog

Field Bindweed, Convolvulus arvensis, Ainleog
Field Bindweed, Convolvulus arvensis, Ainleog

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